Boxes Quote by 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…

— Joseph Cornell

Those forms we fancy shadows, those strange lights That flash on dank morasses, the quick wind That smites us by the roadside—are the Night's…

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Manipulating shadows and tonality is like writing music or a poem.

— Conrad Hall

When autumn shadows throw their patterns across the land, they are not the images of fragile, dying leaves, not the bared arms of lofty…

— Djuna Barnes

“Shadows are where magic comes from. Your dark and dancing self, slipping behind and ahead and around, never quite looking at the sun. Fairyland-Below…

— Catherynne M. Valente

“Our shadow is simultaneously our past and "inner child," representing the essence of our vulnerability, creativity, and emotional core shaped by our experiences. It…

— Erik Pevernagie

A child can escape the shadows.

— Steve Largent

If shadows were caused by the interplay between light and Life, a child's was still forming. An adult's was inextricably bound to his body,…

— Anne Ursu

The shadows: some hide, others reveal.

— Antonio Porchia

“As children we learned our shadow is a darkness we never totally shake until we lie down, pull the shades, draw the curtains, shut…

— BJ Ward

A lot of the shadow self is the home of poetry, story, prayer. My deepest understandings are often released from the part of me…

— Madeleine L'Engle

Shadows are cool and peaceful places for those whose minds are overstocked with treasure.

— Eva Ibbotson