Cornelia Parker Quotes

My work has threads of ideas from all over the place. I try to crystallise them in something simple and direct that the viewer can then take where they want.

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• I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • People
  • Nature
  • Think

• I think one problem we've had is that people who are smart and creative and innovative as engineers went into financial engineering.

  

  Walter Isaacson
  • People
  • Problem
  • Smart

• I've come a long way since 2007 when I kind of launched my golf career.

  

  Zach Johnson The Fray
  • Long
  • Career
  • Golf

• The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.

  

  C. V. Raman
  • Work
  • Thinking
  • Science

• Stupidly it should not be. It should be also nice. One must get along with that. Is however not necessary.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • Nice
  • Should
  • Along

• There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.

  

  Ted Koppel
  • Great
  • New
  • New York

• I'm moved by people who see the world differently than others. People who see the world with a longing for its poetry often can be broken people.

  

  Laura Dern
  • People
  • World
  • Poetry

• After being once in space, I was keen to go back there. But it didn't happen.

  

  Valentina Tereshkova
  • Space
  • Go
  • Once

• I knew that I wanted to write about a very young woman because I wanted to see the eyes of the art world in a fresh or even slightly naive way. Because there's something very honest about entering a room and not having a read on everyone there.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • World
  • Art
  • Eyes

• The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.

  

  H. Rap Brown
  • Poverty
  • Program
  • Eliminate

• The optimal use of natural resources can be made only if there is a well-thought-out policy framework for their exploitation towards a particular end use.

  

  Kapil Sibal
  • End
  • Made
  • Natural

• 'The Fight Club' DVD is great. I like anything that has really good extras because as an actor, it's really great to see the behind-the-scenes stuff and see how different actors approach their particular project.

  

  A. J. Cook
  • Good
  • Great
  • Different

• The progression of emancipation of any class usually, if not always, takes place through the efforts of individuals of that class.

  

  Harriet Martineau
  • Always
  • Place
  • Class

• I just love writing. It's magical, it's somewhere else to go, it's somewhere much more dreadful, somewhere much more exciting. Somewhere I feel I belong, possibly more than in the so-called real world.

  

  Tanith Lee
  • World
  • Feel
  • Belong

• Al Gore seems to have found a great political ploy: Picking up whatever issue he is most vulnerable on and championing the cause. Perhaps he will start to champion perjury statutes and obstruction of justice.

  

  Barbara Olson
  • Up
  • Great
  • Political

• I should have liked to get married, but over many decades I have lived essentially alone. I go to sleep when I'm tired, get up when I wake up, have my food prepared when I'm hungry. I can't bear the thought that I'd have to coincide, make an effort.

  

  Felix Dennis
  • Up
  • Food
  • Alone

• Very often it's really inconvenient - who you fall in love with. You can't really control it.

  

  Jackson Browne
  • Love
  • Control
  • For Her

• Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Mind
  • Single
  • Agreement

• I thought, 'OK, Melissa Gilbert is playing my mom, and I'm playing her old role - no pressure.' So I went up to Melissa and said, 'It's such an honor playing your daughter,' and she smiled and said, 'Oh, shut up.' I thought, 'Great, a normal person.'

  

  Kara Lindsay
  • Mom
  • Daughter
  • Honor

• I do my best to work out 5 days a week. There are times when I can only get in 3 days a week because I am traveling or just need rest due to a hectic schedule. But working out is always a priority, and if I fall off due to my schedule, it is not long before I get back on track.

  

  Laila Ali
  • Work
  • Priority
  • Traveling

• People who get Nobel prizes aren't necessarily the most imaginative of people. People who sometimes find a system, develop a system, do very useful work.

  

  Aaron Klug
  • People
  • Work

• You need to realise that, if you want to go on, you have to work hard. If you dwell too much on your past successes and say "well, I have won nine world titles and more than 100 races", you'd rather stay home. The sport, your rivals, the tyres, your motorcycle, everything changes so instead you need to work more to be stronger. If you don't, you're finished.

  

  Valentino Rossi
  • World
  • Work
  • Home

• I went from being one of the best players, batting .550, to not being able to do it mentally, hitting .200. I thought I was mentally tough. But I couldn't hit the ball.

  

  Eric Weddle

• My work has threads of ideas from all over the place. I try to crystallise them in something simple and direct that the viewer can then take where they want.

  

  Cornelia Parker
  • Work
  • Simple