“Several times per heartbeat, over and over from birth to death, we each separate the specific from the general, the figure from the ground, and decide which shape is the mushroom (or the field mouse or the lost contact lens)… — Ted Orland Copy Share Image
“Art school is a small island of acceptance in a vast sea of disinterest.” — Ted Orland Copy Share Image
“A degree in art doesn’t automatically make you an artist any more than lacking a degree precludes you from becoming an artist.” — Ted Orland Copy Share Image
“Several times per heartbeat, over and over from birth to death, we each separate the specific from the general, the figure from the ground,… — Ted Orland Copy Share Image
“When it comes to making art, our intuition is often light-years ahead of our intellect.” — Ted Orland Copy Share Image
“It seems an almost transcendental quality of the mind that we can even know we see the world differently from others — and more… — Ted Orland Copy Share Image
“Where, then, does your vision of the world reside? What part of your art is drawn from history? What part is prophecy? What part… — Ted Orland Copy Share Image
“The most distinctive quality of artmaking is the investment of the artist’s own humanity in the finished piece.” — Ted Orland Copy Share Image
