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James Turrell Quotes

American - Artist | May 6, 1943 -

I've always been interested in arrival, and coming to a space, and even to looking back at where you were.

Space Looking Back Looking You Back

I've always thought of Las Vegas as Los Angeles on its day off. There's not any hierarchy of taste, and that's what L.A. always was to me: It's not really a town of culture - it's a town of entertainment.

Culture Day Me Thought Vegas Taste

I don't worry about whether anyone knows anything about art.

Art Worry Anything Knows About

It's difficult for people to visualize from my drawings what it's going to be, so I often find myself talking them into things that they go along with, and when they see what's been made, they are surprised.

Myself People Talking Find Go See

My aunt was Frances Hodges, who in the Fifties was the editor of 'Seventeen' and later one of the creators of 'Mademoiselle.' She was my Auntie Mame; she loved culture. She was a Quaker, but she became a milliner against all Quaker logic - they feel that fashion and art are vanities - because she loved fashion.

Art Culture Fashion Loved Logic She

I have made things for Calvin Klein and other designers, and it's interesting to see the way each person approaches it.

Interesting Person Way See Things

I'm interested in light. It's a very direct, pragmatic, American, rather naive approach.

Light American Naive Pragmatic Very

One way to understand light in the ocean of air is by flying it. Life in the air is an extension of perceiving.

Life Light Ocean Flying Understand

I'm working to bring celestial objects like the sun and moon into the spaces that we inhabit.

Sun Moon Bring Working Like Objects

There was a time when I restored antique planes to support my art habit.

Time Art Habit Support Antique

There are different stages when you fly. The first stage is the dollhouse effect, seeing everything on Earth like it's a model. Suddenly, all of your concerns seem very small.

Fly Small You Seeing Earth First

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

Art Light Believe Know I Believe

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