James Turrell Quotes

More than anything, one is struck by the light. Light everywhere. Brightness everywhere. Everywhere, the sun.

Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.

From its brilliancy everything is illuminated.

I want people to treasure light.

The shadows didn't seem as dark as usual. Not with my personal sun along.

Is not light grander than fire?

Is not light grander than fire? It is the same element in a state of purity.

Be light, light, light - full of light!

Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive.

Of all creatures in this visible world, light is the most glorious; of all light, the light of the sun without compare excels the rest.

There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.

There's more to light than the opposite of dark.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

I am interested in the physicality of light itself.

Fire and light compete today in the East. But there is a lot of green firewood in this fire, and there is a lot of smoke in that light.

I sense Light as the giver of all presences, and material as spent Light. What is made by Light casts a shadow, and the shadow belongs to Light.

Remember that in a hall of perfect darkness, totally dark, if you light one small candle, its light will be seen from afar; its precious light will be seen by everyone.

It is not so much light that falls over the world extended by your body its suffocating snow, as brightness, pouring itself out of you, as if you were burning inside. Under your skin the moon is alive.

Light and lust are deadly enemies.

Light, the visible reminder of Invisible Light.

Yes, light, there is no other word for it.

"Lights," I said softly. This had become my favorite word over the past week. In my mind, it had become synonymous with freedom.

When the light returns to its source, it takes nothing of what it has illuminated.

Some people are so much sunshine to the square inch.