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Quotes About Installation

I paint a bit myself. My house in Clerkenwell has a room that is done up like a big installation.
~ David Thewlis
The thing with sculpture is, 90% of the time, when I pass a piece of sculpture, it's in public or somewhere, and it's just, how inconvenient that that's there. It takes up so much room, and it's so oppressive.
~ John Lurie
My idea is to fill an intersection with color. That will include the road and the sidewalk and up the building, so there's a cubic volume of color in the intersection wedged between four corners and four buildings.
~ Jessica Stockholder
'Eclipse' is a concept piece, and its concept centers on 36 large light bulbs strung from above in a geometrical pattern and at different heights, some of them at times down below the dancers' chest level.
~ Robert Gottlieb
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.
~ James Turrell
I'm working to bring celestial objects like the sun and moon into the spaces that we inhabit.
~ James Turrell
The anticipation of an authoritative disclosure of meaning is the means by which that authority is attributed and installed: the anticipation conjures its object.
~ Judith Butler
I am interested in the physicality of light itself.
~ James Turrell
My apartment is full of antique pieces, but I put everything together like a modern installation.
~ Alessandro Michele
Just as the development of earth art and installation art stemmed from the idea of taking art out of the galleries, the basis of my involvement with public art is a continuation of wall drawings.
~ Sol LeWitt
To some degree, to control light, I have to have a way to form it, so I use form almost like the stretcher bar of a canvas.
~ James Turrell
I've done a lot of casual work, and acting is a lot easier than laying carpets.
~ James Garner
But at the beginning it was clear to me that concrete poetry was peculiarly suited for using in public settings. This was my idea, but of course I never really much got the chance to do it.
~ Ian Hamilton Finlay
Rip-cut blocking from 2 × 6 framing lumber to span the gap between the inner and outer skins of the door. Cut to length, glue and clamp the blocking in place around perimeter of the hole. Re-drill the bolt holes and proceed with the installation.
~ David Griffin
As far as paintings go, I always think about what it's like to move them and hang them up and hope they don't drop. To me, that seems like a big gamble, but that comes from me not being a painter.
~ Fred Armisen
I installed a skylight in my apartment... the people who live above me are furious!
~ Steven Wright
Client Hyper-V is not enabled in a default installation of Windows 8.1 Pro or Enterprise. Before you can use it on an individual PC or as part of a standard image, you need to first confirm that you're running a 64-bit operating system, that the host machine supports Second Level Address Translation (SLAT), and that this feature is enabled.
~ Ed Bott
Regarding solar power systems, the bigger the system is, the more likely it may go on fire.
~ Steven Magee
On the other hand, had Obama refused to permit Trump's inauguration, on the grounds that he was still occupying the White House, or that he was planning to install Clinton there, then democracy in America would have been done for, at least for now.
~ David Runciman
Há muitos anos que me ocupo dessa tradução: a esfera privada na qual, todavia, ainda não me instalei confortavelmente, e onde tudo deve caminhar com conscienciosidade e responsabilidade, é a língua alemã.
~ Elias Canetti
I apprehend light - I make events that shape or contain light.
~ James Turrell
What the Ten Million Solar Roofs Act does is provide consumer rebates for the purchase and installation of solar systems.
~ Bernie Sanders
I'm not really qualified to install a security system," said Dimitri. "Really? There's something you can't do?" Adrian's voice was so soft that I could barely hear him, and he was sitting right next to me.
~ Richelle Mead
Of course we must do it! It is a matter of spirit! And that's not to say it could have been done earlier, the infrastructure had to be installed, that's always messy, but now we are ready for the art of architecture, the spirit of it." He
~ Kim Stanley Robinson