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Cornelia Parker Quotes

What was the most important thing I learned from Chomsky? That capitalism compels us to work ourselves to death in order to stuff our houses with things we don't need. Perhaps this is one thing art can do: create a new aesthetic, one of austerity.

Cornelia Parker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: artist
Nationality: english
Birth: 1956

Topics

Work Art Death Capitalism Aesthetic

No one can tell you what to do or push you around. It gives you a secure feeling. That's the best thing about money.

Joe Mansueto

Best Money Push You Feeling Tell

I've been in and out of hospitals a lot in terms of family or extended family or myself.

Matt Czuchry

Family Myself Out Been Hospitals

I think the questions on the grit scale about not letting setbacks disappoint you, finishing what you begin, doing things with focus, I think that those are things I would aspire to or hope for for all our children.

Angela Duckworth

Hope Children Focus Think Questions

Neil Gaiman swooped into my life though another friend, Jason Webley, who knew we were fans of each other's work and introduced us via email. Neil and I, like me and Ben, just hit it off instantly.

Amanda Palmer

Life Work Friend Me My Life Email

We are very near the end, but have not and will not lose our good cheer.

Robert Falcon Scott

Good End Lose Will Cheer Our

My thing is, and I've always been this way - to get to know as many people as I possibly can on a personal level, so that way, when you get on the football field, you've got your buddy right beside you, and you're ready to go.

Russell Wilson

Football People You Ready Personal

I can do the equivalent of 150 miles per hour and not get stopped. I could quite happily pursue people down the motorway in my helicopter.

Jay Kay

People Down I Can Helicopter Pursue

Not the spectacular things are the important things - the unspectacular things are the important things, especially in the future.

Dieter Rams

Future Important Things Spectacular

There was a perception that reality-show people are just mere personalities, that they don't have real talent, and I worked real hard to change peoples' minds, one show at a time, and proved a lot of people wrong. I'm proud I was the first to do that for 'Idol' on Broadway!

Diana DeGarmo

Change Time Talent People Proud

For all I know, I am beginning with the ending. My page one can wind up a year later as page two hundred, if it's still even around.

Philip Roth

Beginning I Am Wind Ending Year Up

In the first 50 years of the filibuster, it was used only 35 times. But the last Congress alone had 112 cloture motions filed, plus threats of more. This is the tyranny of the minority.

Peter Fenn

Alone Tyranny Congress More First

The momentum of my creative life and intellectual growth is still the momentum of breaking out of fundamentalism. Because of that, I'm very grateful for it. But I'm also grateful that at the center of it was something that I still believe to be true - those fundamentals of faith.

Scott Derrickson

Life Growth Faith Grateful Creative