"Life can have significance even if it appears to be a series of failures."

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#Significance Quotes

“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
“Beauty should be shared for it enhances our joys. To explore its mystery is to venture towards the sublime.”
Joseph Cornell
“Shadow boxes become poetic theaters or settings wherein are metamorphosed the element of a childhood pastime.”
Joseph Cornell
“My boxes are life's experiences aesthetically expressed.”
Joseph Cornell
“My wife told me one of the sweetest things one could hear: 'I am not jealous. But I am truly sad for all the actresses who embrace you and kiss you while acting, for with them, you are only pretending.'”
Joseph Cornell

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