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I don't want you looking at the light fixture; I want you looking at where light goes. But more than that, I'm interested in the effect of light upon you and your perceptions.

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In Arizona, we're at 7,000 feet, so we're above half of the world's atmosphere. It's crisp but hard, a side-raking light that can be revealing but doesn't have the softness that maritime air has.

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

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One of the tenets in Quaker meditation is that you 'go inside to greet the light.' I am interested in this light that's inside greeting the light that's outside.

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I started out with projected-light works and working indoors, but I'd prepare the walls - by sanding, etcetera - the way you'd prepare a canvas for painting.

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I am interested in the physicality of light itself.

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The cardones cactus is very similar to saguaro cactus in Arizona. These cacti only grow in very specific, particular places.

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Art does, to some extent, follow economics.

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If you just add all the time, add more and more light, it loses its meaning.

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There are very few religious experiences that aren't explained using the vocabulary of light.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Artist

Born: May 6th, 1943

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