Cornelia Parker Quotes

You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.

As far as how I create games, I'm just reflecting what I feel, the things I have in my mind. I put those out there. Some of the things that I'm going through, the things that surround me, might be reflected there. But for me, it's a natural process. I just reflect what I feel into the game.

Art is something you can't teach, but you can inspire it.

I always like to write where I'm at in real life into whatever I'm working on.

I can't write music unless I'm deeply connected to it and that connection almost always comes from some experience that I have had or am having.

It has always been my belief that creation, the making of 'art' in any medium or combination of mediums, is a holy act.

I really admire songwriters or any kind of writer, painter or artist that says, "I'm going to get up at 8 o'clock in the morning and spend this time to this time creating." I do that sometimes, but the songs I like the best come as gifts from somewhere. It's almost like you didn't do anything, like you can't take credit for it because you sat down and the melody and words came out.

Only when I experience do I compose - only when I compose do I experience.

Take a step, breathe in the world, give it out again in story, poem, song, art.

Your life can become the background for the art you create.

Painting, for me, when it really 'happens,' is as miraculous as any natural phenomenon - as say, a lettuce leaf. By 'happens,' I mean the painting in which the inner aspect of man and his outer aspects interlock.

Poem in other words may or may not result from inspiration but must (in reader and author alike) produce it--

I do sculpting sometimes when I have the time, and the first thing I sculpted was a bust of [Albert] Einstein. It still sits on my table and still inspires me. He was a person who triggered my imagination and my ideas.

It's a really personal thing for me to write a song.

I paint a slice of life, whatever it is that day.

I love being able to create something from the page and bring it to life.

I was inspired to create 'My Life' so I could finally share a personal part of my life beyond my music.

The knack is to find your own inspiration and take it on a journey to create work that is personal and revealing.

There is no scientific discoverer, no poet, no painter, no musician, who will not tell you that he found ready made his discovery or poem or picture - that it came to him from outside, and that he did not consciously create it from within.

Every season, I absorb everything around m:, the people I see on the street, the discos, the art, the music, and the energy of places from my travels. I mix all of this together, and then I begin to create.

I believe that all forms of creativity are related.

When I get into the studio, I write from my heart.

That's something that I think the best artists retain - the ability to invite you into their small, intimate inner space, and let that be what radiates.

Many artists, when they are creating art, are searching for a vehicle that can manifest a feeling they have inside of themselves.

I feel like life imitates art, or art imitates life. I always take on roles that I'm passionate about.