Joseph Cornell
Born
in Nyack, New York, The United States
December 24, 1903
Died
December 29, 1972
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Surrealism, Mary Baker Eddy, Yayoi Kusama
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“Beauty should be shared for it enhances our joys.
To explore its mystery is to venture towards the sublime.”
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To explore its mystery is to venture towards the sublime.”
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“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.”
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