James Turrell Quotes

Light is the symbol of truth.

An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.

Knowledge is love and light and vision.

Light itself is a revelation.

Let the ugly light of the world in, we are no longer blind.

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

There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see.

I like to open people's eyes.

It is high time that we realized that it is pointless to praise the light and preach it if nobody can see it. It is much more needful to preach the art of seeing.

Knowledge is grateful to the understanding, as light to the eyes.

Not 'Revelation'-'tis that waits/ But our unfurnished eyes

Information is light. Information in itself, about anything, is light.

Suddenly a mist fell from my eyes and I knew the way I had to take.

I think the purpose of the writer is to help us see. The writer is someone who can perhaps have the joy of helping others see.

To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.

In a dark time, the eye begins to see.

I often see through things right to the apparition itself.

Seeing the light is a choice, not seeing the light is no choice.

From its brilliancy everything is illuminated.

The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer.

Usually we are illuminating things instead of looking at the light itself. But I like this quality of the light being the revelation.

The man who finds a truth lights a torch.

An epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly.

Seeing the Way is like going into a dark room with a torch; the darkness instantly departs, while the light alone remains. When the Way is attained and the truth is seen, ignorance vanishes and enlightenment abides forever.