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We create the reality in which we live.


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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.



I want to create an atmosphere that can be consciously plumbed with seeing, like the wordless thought that comes from looking in a fire.

I want to create an atmosphere that can be consciously plumbed with seeing, like the wordless thought that comes from looking in a fire.





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When the actions becomes frequent than the words, success becomes heavier than the dreams. Do more, say less.

When the actions becomes frequent than the words, success becomes heavier than the dreams. Do more, say less.



Christ sometimes delays His help so He may test our faith and energize our prayers. Our boat may be tossed by the waves while he continues to sleep, but He will awake before it sinks.

Christ sometimes delays His help so He may test our faith and energize our prayers. Our boat may be tossed by the waves while he continues to sleep, but He will awake before it sinks.



Be optimistic. Surely, you will reach your goals by the grace of God.

Be optimistic. Surely, you will reach your goals by the grace of God.



I was so happy to go to prom so I could have a mental break because I've been working so hard. It felt so good to feel normal for once, and then the next day, I was in the gym again.

I was so happy to go to prom so I could have a mental break because I've been working so hard. It felt so good to feel normal for once, and then the next day, I was in the gym again.



love is form, and cannot be without important substance

love is form, and cannot be without important substance



I don't like any sport except boxing and bull fighting.

I don't like any sport except boxing and bull fighting.



I'm trying to throw a big broad net to try to get people interested in God and believe that He's for them and has a purpose.

I'm trying to throw a big broad net to try to get people interested in God and believe that He's for them and has a purpose.



You are alone with everything you love.

You are alone with everything you love.



But fame is theirs - and future days On pillar'd brass shall tell their praise; Shall tell - when cold neglect is dead - "These for their country fought and bled."

But fame is theirs - and future days On pillar'd brass shall tell their praise; Shall tell - when cold neglect is dead - "These for their country fought and bled."



A man whose every exertion is bent upon showing up the flaws in his wife's character must be at least partially responsible for some of them.

A man whose every exertion is bent upon showing up the flaws in his wife's character must be at least partially responsible for some of them.




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