Author: Emil Ferris

Quotes

My parents met at the Art Institute of Chicago as students, and somewhere in there, they procreated off to the side and created me.

My parents met at the Art Institute of Chicago as students, and somewhere in there, they procreated off to the side and created me.

- Emil Ferris

There's the way that light shows in darkness, and it is extremely beautiful. And I think it essentializes the experience of being human, to see light in darkness.

There's the way that light shows in darkness, and it is extremely beautiful. And I think it essentializes the experience of being human, to see light in darkness.

- Emil Ferris

I learned how not to be alone in the playground.

I learned how not to be alone in the playground.

- Emil Ferris

I fell asleep once while washing dishes. I hallucinated prolifically - like, squirrels knitting whole sweaters! It was like my dreams inserted themselves in my waking life.

I fell asleep once while washing dishes. I hallucinated prolifically - like, squirrels knitting whole sweaters! It was like my dreams inserted themselves in my waking life.

- Emil Ferris

I have a profound interest in embroidery, as I have female ancestors on both sides who embroidered their way through great trials.

I have a profound interest in embroidery, as I have female ancestors on both sides who embroidered their way through great trials.

- Emil Ferris

I still do love monsters. And when I was a kid, they were really important to me. I couldn't wait for Saturday night.

I still do love monsters. And when I was a kid, they were really important to me. I couldn't wait for Saturday night.

- Emil Ferris

The hardest thing is in terms of the drawing, because, you know, I really have to work to keep my hand fluid, and I've done a lot of recovery, but it's not the same as it once was.

The hardest thing is in terms of the drawing, because, you know, I really have to work to keep my hand fluid, and I've done a lot of recovery, but it's not the same as it once was.

- Emil Ferris

When I say 'art healed me,' it really healed me!

When I say 'art healed me,' it really healed me!

- Emil Ferris

Yes, doing a work, telling a story very much represents a way to save my own life, and on so many levels.

Yes, doing a work, telling a story very much represents a way to save my own life, and on so many levels.

- Emil Ferris

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