FastSaying

We use the vocabulary of light to describe a spiritual experience.

James Turrell

James Turrell

DescribeExperienceLightSpiritualUseVocabulary

Related Quotes

In a way, light unites the spiritual world and the ephemeral, physical world. People frequently talk about spiritual experiences using the vocabulary of light: Saul on the road to Damascus, near-death experiences, samadhi or the light-filled void of Buddhist enlightenment.
— James Turrell
AboutBuddhistEnlightenment
I like to use light as a material, but my medium is actually perception. I want you to sense yourself sensing - to see yourself seeing.
— James Turrell
ActuallyI Want YouLight
I like to work with it so that you feel it physically, so you feel the presence of light inhabiting a space. My desire is to set up a situation to which I take you and let you see. It becomes your experience.
— James Turrell
BecomesDesireExperience
I apprehend light - I make events that shape or contain light.
— James Turrell
ApprehendContainEvents
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
BestCaveColour