Joseph Cornell Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“Look at everything as though you are seeing it for the first time, with eyes of a child, fresh with wonder.”
-- Joseph Cornell

#Children #Eye #Looks
“Life can have significance even if it appears to be a series of failures.”
-- Joseph Cornell

#Significance
“Shadow boxes become poetic theater or settings wherein are metamorphosed the elements of a childhood pastime. The fragile, shimmering globules become the shimmering but more enduring planetsâ€”a connotation of moon and tidesâ€”the association of water less subtle, as when driftwood pieces make up a proscenium to set off the dazzling white of sea foam and billowy cloud crystallized in a pipe of fancy.”
-- Joseph Cornell

#Moon #Clouds #Sea
“Beauty should be shared for it enhances our joys. To explore its mystery is to venture towards the sublime.”
-- Joseph Cornell

#Joy #Sublime #Venture
“Shadow boxes become poetic theaters or settings wherein are metamorphosed the element of a childhood pastime.”
-- Joseph Cornell

#Childhood #Shadow #Elements
“My boxes are life's experiences aesthetically expressed.”
-- Joseph Cornell

#Boxes

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