7+ Joseph Cornell Quotes And Sayings

Following is our list of the best Joseph Cornell quotes and sayings.

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

Shadow boxes become poetic theaters or settings wherein are metamorphosed the element of a childhood pastime. — 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 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

My boxes are life's experiences aesthetically expressed. — 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