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It was important that people come to value light as we value gold, silver, paintings, objects.


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Light is not so much something that reveals, as it is itself the revelation.

Light is not so much something that reveals, as it is itself the revelation.



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

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



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

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



Space has a way of looking. It seems like it has a presence of vision. When you come into it, it is there, it’s been waiting for you.

Space has a way of looking. It seems like it has a presence of vision. When you come into it, it is there, it’s been waiting for you.



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 material is light, and it is responsive to your seeing.

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 material is light, and it is responsive to your seeing.



I am not an Earth artist, I'm totally involved in the sky.

I am not an Earth artist, I'm totally involved in the sky.



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

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



I've always felt that night doesn't fall. Night rises. There are these incidences in flying where you just sit there. It's one of the best seats in the house.

I've always felt that night doesn't fall. Night rises. There are these incidences in flying where you just sit there. It's one of the best seats in the house.



I like when you feel like you arrive in a very different place, with a different ordering of the reality you normally think of.

I like when you feel like you arrive in a very different place, with a different ordering of the reality you normally think of.



We create the reality in which we live.

We create the reality in which we live.





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A strong theme is always running through a well-told story.



I talk to you as I talk to my own soul," he said, turning me to face him. He reached up and cupped my cheek, fingers light on my temple. "And Sassenach," he whispered, "Your face is my heart.

I talk to you as I talk to my own soul," he said, turning me to face him. He reached up and cupped my cheek, fingers light on my temple. "And Sassenach," he whispered, "Your face is my heart.



The best students get the hardest lessons.

The best students get the hardest lessons.



I used to go home at night and just shake, because I had no idea that's what acting was gonna be.

I used to go home at night and just shake, because I had no idea that's what acting was gonna be.



A warrior has no confusion in his mind...This is true emptiness.

A warrior has no confusion in his mind...This is true emptiness.



I love to sing more than anything - more than acting, even.

I love to sing more than anything - more than acting, even.



I like to be in a European city where I can speak my language.

I like to be in a European city where I can speak my language.



I count myself as one of millions of Americans whose life simply would not be the same without the libraries that supported my learning.

I count myself as one of millions of Americans whose life simply would not be the same without the libraries that supported my learning.



I see so many guys, really athletic guys, wearing pleats and I just shake my head. Like, Tiger Woods used to wear pleated pants! I'm like, 'C'mon, Tiger!'

I see so many guys, really athletic guys, wearing pleats and I just shake my head. Like, Tiger Woods used to wear pleated pants! I'm like, 'C'mon, Tiger!'




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