James Turrell Quotes
It's difficult for people to visualize from my drawings what it's going to be, so I often find myself talking them into things that they go along with, and when they see what's been made, they are surprised.
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I think downloading is both saving and killing the music industry at the same time.
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When I first came out with my fans and the wind hit me, I almost took off.
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When we don't have information, we go to the simplest outlook, to black and white. But then we have to lie to ourselves. Black is never as black as you're painting it and white is never as white.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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I have quite a house. People come over and I go, 'I know, I'm sorry.'
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I like things simple.
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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
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We decided we don't use the term 'fat' for me. We use the term 'juicy' for me. My wife's fine with it, but the rule is when I'm over double her weight, it's over.
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America's fine, nice, nice hiking near L.A. But I am European. I love London and Paris. Friends and intellect, big thought, why not?
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I go back and forth between indie and studio because I feel like it, not because I feel obligated to do one or the other.
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I was raised in an observant Jewish household, so for me, Hebrew prayers - the sounds, the sunlight streaming in from the stained-glass windows of a synagogue - bring my father back to me as surely as if he were sitting next to me, my head pressed against his shoulder.
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I don't like people waiting on me. I feel it is an unnecessary expense.
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If I can help a kid feel more comfortable in their skin because they're struggling with maybe the things I struggled with in high school, that's great.
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A man's kiss is his signature.
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Deep inside, I was hoping I'd win: The competition was tough, but I learned from other's mistakes.
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Great research universities around the world are visible not just through their quality graduates but as knowledge creators and technology developers.
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Horseback riding is my passion. Other than work. People can't imagine me getting dirty, but that's what I love about it.
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I think everyone's got an obstacle in their career that they have to challenge. I think, in a way, that pushes you to prove who you are.
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I like that sense of we're all on the same page and trying to get the job done.
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I just want people to know you can get through stuff. I hope people can see that in what my life has been and where it is going.
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I have never seen an adequate description anywhere of the amazement, the uncomprehending horror of the bulk of the American people which preceded the firing of that gun at Sumter. Politicians or far-sighted leaders on both sides knew what was coming. And it is they who have written histories of the war. But to the easy-going millions, busied with their farms or shops, the onrushing disaster was as inexplicable as an earthquake. Their protest arose from sea to sea like the clamor of a gigantic hive of frightened bees.
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It's difficult for people to visualize from my drawings what it's going to be, so I often find myself talking them into things that they go along with, and when they see what's been made, they are surprised.
