Cornelia Parker Quotes

Sirk was every woman's dream of a director.

How wonderful it feels to be an artist and a woman in the twentieth century.

There's a voice inside of me that I know people will relate to; I just haven't really had the opportunity to let it flourish. To sit there and explain to a guy what it's like to be a kick-ass woman is hard. I think there're only a handful of directors out there that get it.

I do see the world as being different for girls - especially now, having daughters.

Femininity can be a powerful thing.

When you write as a woman, there's this feeling there's going to be a softness.

A lot of people don't know a lot of records that I've written or produced, so that's a highlight for me as a woman.

I like women.

Everything I do is really an expression of myself, through colors and shapes and, at the same time, I try to explain what I feel not only as a creator but also as a woman. I cannot separate one from the other.

There's nothing wrong with the feminine, there's nothing wrong with being vulnerable.

Men should understand that women are creatures of nature, and that they are to be respected as nature, and that they are interchangeable and complex like nature.

What's happening with feminism in general is I think that, as a woman, you're not limited to being one thing or the other. You can be feminine and sexy and beautiful and hot and funny.

I will conquer Femmeness... And then, I will turn it on its head and redefine it for the world to see.

I use femaleness as another lens, so I don't even think all my creatures are women; I just think that I bring out the femaleness in them.

As drag queens and as comic people, we listen to our own artistic compass all the time.

I'm quite drawn to women artists who use themselves in their work. There is a very feminine point of view, the use of female archetypes. I love artists who play with those kind of things genuinely.

Every time I attempt something feminine, I can't resist adding Amazon-inspired designs.

I am a girl's girl all the way, always have been.

High respect goes out to our mothers, our single mothers. This is why today the real community uplifts femininity and holds womanhood above, not equal to, masculinity.

Every time a confident, successful woman like Marissa Meyer distances herself from feminism, I think of Athena. Athena women, with all their brilliance and strategy, are the ones smashing up through layers of glass. They tend to identify with men, keeping femininity at a distance.

You should be able to do you. That's what differentiates an artist from a singer.

I'm a director first and foremost, and I hope that the fact that I'm female is just one of the many things that informs my unique perspective on the world.

I think that women's lives are multilayered.

Being a woman means everything to me.

I feel like women are so specific and special, that there's no point as a woman to emulate somebody. If you shoot for a masculine direction but be yourself, you're going to get something completely new, because your femininity will show up.