I haven’t been that great at attending my own openings. Still, I’m learning to enjoy this a lot more than I used to. James Turrell Read Quote
I don’t think my work is about the spiritual life, but it certainly touches on it. James Turrell Read Quote
I feel that buildings often have a workaday aspect that you see during the daylight hours, and a more resplendent side that emerges after dark. James Turrell Read Quote
I’ve always been interested in arrival, and coming to a space, and even to looking back at where you were. James Turrell Read Quote
I’m interested in light. It’s a very direct, pragmatic, American, rather naive approach. James Turrell Read Quote
I have made things for Calvin Klein and other designers, and it’s interesting to see the way each person approaches it. James Turrell Read Quote
It’s difficult for people to visualize from my drawings what it’s going to be, so I often find myself talking them into things that they go along with, and when they see what’s been made, they are surprised. James Turrell Read Quote
Usually we are illuminating things instead of looking at the light itself. But I like this quality of the light being the revelation. James Turrell Read Quote
The people in L.A. do orient themselves to light. I used to call it ‘Tan Fascist Culture.’ Everyone there is tanned, wears dark sunglasses, looks like a movie star even when they’re not. James Turrell Read Quote
