"With no object no image and no focus,……" — James Turrell

"With no object no image and no focus, what are you looking at? You are looking at you looking."

— 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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More Focus Quotes

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To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail. — Giorgio Armani
Science and fiction both begin with similar questions: What if? Why? How does it all work? But they focus on… — Margaret Atwood
I don't need fame any more. People are less interested in me in terms of celebrity. I'm happy to see… — Dan Aykroyd
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. — Ansel Adams
Focus on your music and not technology. — Bryan Adams
Music became my focus. At 13, I was jamming with my mates. At 15, I was playing clubs. — Bryan Adams
Scientists will eventually stop flailing around with solar power and focus their efforts on harnessing the only truly unlimited source… — Scott Adams
Common sense tells us that we should focus our resources to benefit children, teachers and taxpayers by keeping dollars in… — Bob Beauprez
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus. — Alexander Graham Bell
The focus on my appearance has really surprised me. I've always been a size 14 to 16, I don't care… — Adele
To lose yourself in righteous service to others can lift your sights and get your mind off personal problems, or… — Ezra Taft Benson
The focus should not be on talking. Talk is cheap. It must be on action. — Howard Berman

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