"Light is not so much something that reveals,……" — James Turrell

"Light is not so much something that reveals, as it is itself the revelation."

— James Turrell

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27 Quotes by James Turrell

James Turrell has 27 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Science strives for answers, but art is happy with a good question.
My work is about your seeing. There is a rich tradition in painting of work about light, but it is…
I’m interested that light has thingness itself, so it’s not something that reveals something about other things you’re looking at,…
In thinking of light, if we can think about what it can do, and what it is, by thinking about…
Remember technology does not make good work. You can still write a poem on a brown paper bag, and haiku…
My desire is to set up a situation to which I take you and let you see. It becomes your…
The Meeting is actually like the Gunpowder Meeting, or some of the earlier American Quaker MeetingsThe long house form is…
Space has a way of looking. It seems like it has a presence of vision. When you come into it,…
I’ve always felt that night doesn’t fall. Night rises.
I make spaces that apprehend light for our perception, and in some ways gather it, or seem to hold it...my…
I want to create an atmosphere that can be consciously plumbed with seeing, like the wordless thought that comes from…
Light is a powerful substance. We have a primal connection to it. But, for something so powerful, situations for its…

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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