Quotes by James Turrell

James Turrell, born on May 6, 1943, in Los Angeles, California, is a pioneering American artist renowned for his transformative work with light and space. A graduate of Pomona College and the University of California, Irvine, Turrell’s innovative installations invite viewers to experience perception in profound ways. His most notable project, the Roden Crater, is an expansive earthwork that harnesses the celestial movements of the sun and moon. Turrell's legacy lies in redefining art as a sensory experience, encouraging deeper contemplation of light and its effects on our environment.

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"In age of consumerism and materialism, I traffic in blue sky and colored air."

James Turrell

"We're made for the light of a cave and for twilight. Twilight is the time we see best. When we dim the light down, and the pupil opens, feeling comes out of the eye like touch. Then you really can feel colour, and experience it."

James Turrell

"All art is contemporary art because it had to be made when it was now."

James Turrell

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