“Forget about having an identity crisis and get some identity capital. … Do something that adds value to who you are. Do something that's an investment in who you might want to be next.”
“That was the first time I’ve drawn anything for seven years. I feel like I had been held underwater, and someone finally reached down and pulled my head up so I could breathe.”
— Mick Ebeling quoting graffiti artist TEMPT
Mick Ebeling: The invention that unlocked a locked-in artist
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“We’ve created a device that has absolutely no limitations. There’s no insurance company that can say ‘no.’ There’s no hospital that can say ‘no.’ Anybody who’s paralyzed now has access to draw or communicate using only their eyes.”
— Mick Ebeling
Mick Ebeling: The invention that unlocked a locked-in artist
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