There is an idea, first of all, of vision fully formed with the eyes closed. Of course the vision we have in a lucid dream often has greater lucidity and clarity than vision with the eyes open. James Turrell Read Quote
The sky always seems to be out there, away from us. I like to bring it down in close contact with us, so you feel you are in it. We feel we are at the bottom of this ocean of air; we are actually on a planet. James Turrell Read Quote
I am interested in relating the things we see with the things we see with our eyes closed. James Turrell Read Quote
This idea that light plays an important part in our life is important to me. James Turrell Read Quote
I’m working to bring celestial objects like the sun and moon into the spaces that we inhabit. James Turrell Read Quote
From the very beginning, I was very interested just in light, and art seemed to be a way to work with it. James Turrell Read Quote
Drake went through my exhibition. I did meet him in Los Angeles, and he was in the spaces that I did do there, and has some images from that. James Turrell Read Quote
The works of previous artists have come from their own experiences or insights but haven’t given the experience itself. They had set themselves up as a sort of interpreter to the layman… Our interest is in a form where you realize that the media are just perception. James Turrell Read Quote
