Light is a powerful substance. We have a primal connection to it. But, for something so powerful, situations for its felt presence are fragile . . . …

- James Turrell

The Meeting is actually like the Gunpowder Meeting, or some of the earlier American Quaker MeetingsThe long house form is something that was traditio…

- James Turrell

We create the reality in which we live.

- James Turrell

My desire is to set up a situation to which I take you and let you see. It becomes your experience.

- James Turrell

The sky is no longer out there, but it is right on the edge of the space you are in. The sense of colour is generated inside you. If you then go outs…

- James Turrell

With no object no image and no focus, what are you looking at? You are looking at you looking.

- James Turrell

We eat light, drink it in through our skins. With a little more exposure to light, you feel part of things physically. I like feeling the power of l…

- James Turrell

Science strives for answers, but art is happy with a good question.

- James Turrell

My work is about your seeing. There is a rich tradition in painting of work about light, but it is not light -- it is the record of seeing. My materi…

- James Turrell