James Turrell Quotes

The way that light hits objects, I think, is one of the more important things that sculpture and photography share.

I don't know if I believe in art. I certainly believe in light.

Nature engenders the science of painting.

I've always been interested in art, architecture, color.

A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time now I've been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light.

One might not think of light as a matter of fact, but I do. And it is, as I said, as plain and open and direct an art as you will ever find.

The aim of art is to understand and establish order, which is another form of beauty.

The way that light hits objects in life, three-dimensional objects before you photograph them, is really the story of photography.

I love art, and it plays a huge role in my life. It's definitely one of my greatest joys, and I'm a bit fanatical about certain painters and poets and musicians and sculptors.

Death is pitch-dark, but colors are light. To be a painter, one must work with rays of light.

Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty?

Art is nature speeded up and God slowed down.

I have always found photography magical, and became more taken with it whilst modeling.

Trash has given us an appetite for art.

I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may, - light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful.

Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.

I love design.

I really prize and love great painting.

Find a beautiful piece of art. If you fall in love with Van Gogh or Matisse or John Oliver Killens, or if you fall love with the music of Coltrane, the music of Aretha Franklin, or the music of Chopin - find some beautiful art and admire it, and realize that that was created by human beings just like you, no more human, no less.

It's all about the art, really, at the end of the day.

Art and life are inseparable.

When you see the best of the best - when you see a Matisse or a Picasso - what interests you is the creativity and harmony.

I have been brought up around art. Even now, when I travel, I love going to museums and spend hours in front of paintings. Art is like oxygen for me. That's what I miss in Bombay.

I love art in general - architecture, anything creative.

Art is great. At its best, it engages the intellect and challenges the spirit; it connects us across history and reminds us of our humanity.