To some degree, to control light, I have to have a way to form it, so I use form almost like the stretcher bar of a canvas. James Turrell Read Quote
In Arizona, we’re at 7,000 feet, so we’re above half of the world’s atmosphere. It’s crisp but hard, a side-raking light that can be revealing but doesn’t have the softness that maritime air has. James Turrell Read Quote
In many cases, if we knew what it would take, we might have thought twice about it, so it’s often wonderful that we don’t have hindsight. James Turrell Read Quote
My desire is to bring astronomical events and objects down into your personal, lived-in space. James Turrell Read Quote
If you think about art, if you look at Rembrandt and Vermeer and Caravaggio, if you look at Turner and Constable and all the Impressionists and the Hudson River School, there’s a tradition of light in art, especially painting. James Turrell Read Quote
The lunar cycle within the solar season: that kind of syncopated rhythm is what life relates to. James Turrell Read Quote
There are very few religious experiences that aren’t explained using the vocabulary of light. James Turrell Read Quote
If you just add all the time, add more and more light, it loses its meaning. James Turrell Read Quote
