One can take a neon tube and simply paint it black on the front. So it would read as a black letter or a line, but it would also read as neon because there would be light coming from behind that black letter. Glenn Ligon More Quotes by Glenn Ligon More Quotes From Glenn Ligon In 2011, 'Yourself in the World,' a book of my writings and interviews, was published in conjunction with a retrospective of my work at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Glenn Ligon yourself work world art