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We eat light, drink it in through our skins


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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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God called you because He has implicit confidence in you

God called you because He has implicit confidence in you




I can explain why I have to do what I'm about to do, but I'm acutely aware that an explanation is not a righteous justification. What's bad is bad even if necessary.

I can explain why I have to do what I'm about to do, but I'm acutely aware that an explanation is not a righteous justification. What's bad is bad even if necessary.



Rugby is great. The players don't wear helmets or padding they just beat the living daylights out of each other and then go for a beer. I love that.

Rugby is great. The players don't wear helmets or padding they just beat the living daylights out of each other and then go for a beer. I love that.



I grew up poor and used to look at people in big houses and thought they had everything. Then later on I looked at models in magazines and thought they had it all.

I grew up poor and used to look at people in big houses and thought they had everything. Then later on I looked at models in magazines and thought they had it all.



The brilliance of contemplated beauty opens the spirit to the mystery of God.

The brilliance of contemplated beauty opens the spirit to the mystery of God.



I became very critical of zoos and circuses and keeping animals in captivity. I wish it was against the law.

I became very critical of zoos and circuses and keeping animals in captivity. I wish it was against the law.



Nearly all human beings love, but nearly none know how to love.

Nearly all human beings love, but nearly none know how to love.



They all went down in droves because just scenes of palm trees and beaches can get pretty boring.

They all went down in droves because just scenes of palm trees and beaches can get pretty boring.



Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red.

Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red.




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