Cornelia Parker

I try to avoid the 'art world' as much as possible. It's too much about fads and fashions - who's getting the best prices at auction and things like that. ”

I am 5ft 10in. I got my height from my dad, who was very rangy. I like being tall. ”

I have always had a bob haircut because my hair is so fine and doesn't like being long. ”

Paul Auster is my favourite writer, and I'm sure he'd be a very interesting person to share a journey with. ”

I feel our relationship to life, to the rest of the world, is very tenuous. It feels fleeting. ”

Some people separate their work and home lives, but I love the idea of having my studio and house in the same space. ”

I'd love to do something like put a piece of moon rock on Mars and a piece of Mars on the moon, a sort of reverse archaeology. ”

I was selling bric-a-brac in Portobello and Camden Market. I love objects. But I was embarrassed by the idea of collecting, so I began using these things in my art. ”

I don't mind getting older; I just don't want to be in pain. ”

You only get one life, so it seems to me you might as well do the things you want to do. ”