Edwin Catmull

For me, one of the great tragedies is the conclusion studios have drawn about traditional animation. I believe that 2D animation could…

— Edwin Catmull

Pixar is a community in the true sense of the word. We think that lasting relationships matter, and we share some basic…

— Edwin Catmull

I know that with most companies that have a lot of success, it tends to throw you off, and you can become…

— Edwin Catmull

People say they want to be in risky environments and do all kinds of exciting stuff. But they don't actually know what…

— Edwin Catmull

If something works, you shouldn't do it again. We want to do something that is new, original - something where there's a…

— Edwin Catmull

I apply the term 'creativity' broadly... it's problem solving. We are all faced with problems, and we have to address them and…

— Edwin Catmull

I've certainly seen R&D groups, typically funded by large corporations, where they bring together a lot of smart people and nothing happens.…

— Edwin Catmull

When I see a film, I'll remember that there was a time when it wasn't working, and there was some pain and…

— Edwin Catmull

Every one of our films, when we start off, they suck... our job is to take it from something that sucks to…

— Edwin Catmull

In the early 1970s, I headed to graduate school at the University of Utah and joined the pioneering program in computer graphics…

— Edwin Catmull

In life,you're going to have risk, so you have to say, 'My attitude going forward is how to I fix the problem.'…

— Edwin Catmull

Throughout Pixar's history, we've had major meltdowns and crises. It's happened throughout our history: you reach a certain point, it doesn't work,…

— Edwin Catmull

When you take a director off a project, that makes a person feel humiliated because everyone knows it. But we're responsible because…

— Edwin Catmull

I started off life at Pixar with interesting technical problems. But as time has moved on, I found that the social and…

— Edwin Catmull

When companies are successful or not successful, they almost immediately jump to the wrong conclusions about how they got there or why…

— Edwin Catmull

One of Pixar's key mechanisms is the Braintrust, which we rely on to push us toward excellence and to root out mediocrity.…

— Edwin Catmull

We encourage our people to build their ideas from scratch, and we give them the resources - and, crucially, the candid feedback…

— Edwin Catmull

One of the effects Pixar University has on the culture is that it makes people less self-conscious about their work and gets…

— Edwin Catmull

Every Pixar movie has its own rules that viewers have to accept, understand, and enjoy understanding. The voices of the toys in…

— Edwin Catmull

When I was in high school in the early 1960s, I wanted to be an animator and even took art classes. But…

— Edwin Catmull

It is only by trying new things that we can hope to create products that are original. Don't just say those words;…

— Edwin Catmull