Dan Flavin Quotes

"Realizing this, I knew that the actual space of a room could be broken down and played with by planting illusions of real light (electric light) at crucial junctures in the room's composition."
- Dan Flavin
(Related: Light, Space)

"It is what it is, and it ain't nothin' else... Everything is clearly, openly, plainly delivered."
- Dan Flavin

"A piece of wall can be visually disintegrated from the whole into a separate triangle by plunging a diagonal of light from edge to edge on the wall; that is, side to floor, for instance."
- Dan Flavin
(Related: Light)

"My icons do not raise up the blessed savior in elaborate cathedrals. They are constructed concentrations celebrating barren rooms. They bring a limited light."
- Dan Flavin
(Related: Light)