Joseph Cornell Quotes & Sayings

My boxes are life's experiences aesthetically expressed. — Joseph Cornell

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 planets - a connotation of moon and tides - 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

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

Life can have significance even if it appears to be a series of failures. — Joseph Cornell

Children understand and remember concepts best when they learn from direct personal experience. — Joseph Cornell