“[My work] is using light as a material to influence or affect the medium of perception. I feel that I want to use light as this wonderful and magic elixir that we drink as Vitamin D through the skin - and I mean, we are literally light-eaters - to then affect the way that we see.” WayWantFeelsMeanUseLightWonderfulMagicInfluenceMaterialsDrinkPerceptionSkinsMediumsVitaminsElixirVitamin D Author:James Turrell
“In my family we got up in the mornings around three o'clock and went out to the barns to bring the cows in and milk. In high school I milked about twenty cows every morning and about twenty in the afternoon when I got home. I have wonderful memories from those early days when my parent's influence was so strong.” HomeSchoolThreeStrongParentMemoriesMorningWonderfulInfluenceHigh SchoolMy FamilyTwentiesClockAfternoonMilkCowsEvery MorningBarnsWonderful Memories Author:Billy Graham
“There are a lot of wonderful women writers who would be good influences on writers. You've got to spread yourself out and educate yourself with all kinds of stories.” KindStoriesWould BeWonderfulInfluenceSpreadBe GoodAll KindsEducateWonderful WomanGood Influences Book:Conversations with Ray Bradbury Source: Conversations with Ray Bradbury
“I have a deep attachment to the natural world. It's a major influence on my writing, and as I look out over the wonderful snow-covered Santa Fe hills, I'm grateful for every day that I live here.” WorldWritingLooksNaturalWonderfulInfluenceMajorsGratefulSnowHillsAttachmentCoveredSantaNatural WorldSanta Fe Author:Pat Mora
“It's wonderful to read interviews by old blues guys - they talk about all their influences, they talk about who taught them how to play, and who they saw, and how they were determined to play that way.” WayPlayGuySawsWonderfulInfluenceTaughtDeterminedInterviews Author:Billy Corgan