Cornelia Parker Quotes

Tis' better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else's perfectly.

I don't see myself as ever being like anybody else.

I've always loved the idea of not being what people expect me to be.

I don't want to be the next anyone. I'm just me.

I'm really not sure what people think or expect me to be, but I am surprised when people say, 'You're not supposed to be like that... ' I'm not exactly sure what 'that' is, so I choose to take it as a compliment.

I'm not trying to be the new anybody.

For one thing I tend not to see myself in various moulds that people fit me into.

I'm not trying to be anyone else.

I don't want to be a copy of anyone else.

I can't be like Brandy. I have to be me.

I've never wanted to be like anybody else. I'm me.

I always have to be me.

The only way we’ll ever know what it’s like to be you is if you work your best at being you as often as you can, and keep reminding yourself: That’s where home is.

The fact is ones own voice is not heard anywhere else. Its a challenge to be yourself. It takes a lot of courage.

Today you are you! That is truer than true!

I just try to be myself and not conform to something I'm not and just continue doing what I do. I just try not to think about the fact that I'm an inspiration for people.

You should not really entertaining anyone else, but trying to be yourself, because there are already more good books than you or I could ever read in our lifetime.

I hope I'm an individual. I suppose an eccentric is a super individual.

I never tried to emulate my father. Anyone trying to do that would be a second-rate carbon copy.

When you're just like everybody else, you've nothing to offer other than your conformity.

You have to assert something about yourself in order to be yourself.

I was motivated to be different in part because I was different.

I have always marched to my own beat, and most frequently, it was inconsistent not only with my own immediate family, but with my culture as well.

But to me, to be original is to be yourself.

I always tried so hard to fit in, and then I figured out that I didn't want to fit.