“I saw Joseph Cornell's lyrical work for the first time at the Museum o...” — Siri Hustvedt Quote

“I saw Joseph Cornell's lyrical work for the first time at the Museum of Modern Art in the late seventies and have internalized many of his boxes.”

“We are all dying one by one. We all smell of mortality, and we can't wash it off.”

“If I have open time, and I'm in Manhattan, I'll just walk to wherever I'm going, even if I could get there faster on the subway. I just love walking the streets of New York.”

“Gadgets - our houses are filled with them: ones we need, ones we think we need, and others that were a good idea at the time, but have never made it out of their boxes.”

“You can hear songs that are technically great, songs that tick all the boxes. But for a song to be felt, you need something else.”

“I remember a life before social media. I remember phone boxes, that's what I grew up on.”