The cardones cactus is very similar to saguaro cactus in Arizona. These cacti only grow in very specific, particular places. James Turrell Read Quote
One of the tenets in Quaker meditation is that you ‘go inside to greet the light.’ I am interested in this light that’s inside greeting the light that’s outside. James Turrell Read Quote
In age of consumerism and materialism, I traffic in blue sky and colored air. James Turrell Read Quote
We’re made for the light of a cave and for twilight. Twilight is the time we see best. When we dim the light down, and the pupil opens, feeling comes out of the eye like touch. Then you really can feel colour, and experience it. James Turrell Read Quote
This wonderful elixir of light is the thing that actually connects the immaterial with the material – that connects the cosmic to the plain everyday existence that we try to live in. James Turrell Read Quote
We think we receive all that we perceive, but in fact, we actually give the sky its colour. James Turrell Read Quote
There’s traditionally been a large disconnection in contemporary art between the audience and the artist. Generally, audiences are looking towards what they like, and I can tell you, that’s the last thing on an artist’s mind. James Turrell Read Quote
We live within this reality we create, and we’re quite unaware of how we create the reality. James Turrell Read Quote
It is only when light is reduced that the pupil opens and feeling goes out of the eyes like touch. James Turrell Read Quote
