Cornelia Parker Quotes

Violence is part of everybody's life, whether you like or express it or not. My work utilises all the energies that I have, and part of it is violent, and I'd rather it be out than in.

Cornelia Parker

Recitation: by Male by Female

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LifeWorkViolenceYouOutRather

We loved everything. We wanted to be able to do anything.

Jim Capaldi

LovedEverythingAnythingAble

Actors have either got to play something that's close to them, or something that's the complete opposite.

Andrew Dominik

PlaySomethingGotOppositeComplete

I don't make a particular distinction between 'high art' and 'low art.' Music is there for everybody. It's a river we can all put our cups into and drink it and be sustained by it.

John Williams

MusicArtRiverDrinkHighLow

I like playing characters with internal problems.

Michael Eklund

ProblemsPlayingLikeInternal

A short story can be really interesting and enriching and powerful, but a novel just contains so much more information and richness and depth. That's what I strive for in my music. I want to create something that's like a longform statement.

St. Lucia

MusicStoryShortPowerfulCreate

I'm very at home working with mythology.

Tori Amos

HomeMythologyWorkingVery

I think the way poems are taught to high school students is completely counterintuitive; it sets up this sense of being the poem's adversary. The poem is sort of sneakily trying to outsmart you.

Tracy K. Smith

SchoolHigh SchoolThinkTryingYou

Cricket was a splendid chapter of my life; indeed, it made me what I am today. However, cricket alone isn't the only flavour of life. Sometimes, indeed, we tend to take sports too seriously and life too casually.

Mohammad Azharuddin

LifeTodayAloneSportsI AmMe

I had to help to coax the performances and I really enjoyed that extra responsibility.

Christopher Eccleston

ResponsibilityHelpExtraEnjoyed

Everyone keeps asking you for pictures, and after a while you get tired of that. I always say, They are in the archives.

Annie Leibovitz

TiredYouPicturesSayGetAsking

As a lyricist, you love to hear other great lyrics or other great concepts.

Alicia Keys

LoveGreatYouConceptsLyricsHear

War is complicated and intense, and it takes time and thoughts to understand what it was.

Phil Klay

TimeWarThoughtsComplicatedTakes

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