I'm a big fan of pantomime storytelling, being an animator.

People who get into animation tend to be kids. We don't have to grow up. But also, animators are great observers, and there's this…

— John Lasseter

There's always room out there for the hand-drawn image. I personally like the imperfection of hand drawing as opposed to the slick look of…

— Matt Groening

I am an animator. I feel like I'm the manager of a animation cinema factory. I am not an executive. I'm rather like a…

— Hayao Miyazaki

Joanna Priestley is one of the most interesting and adept personal animators and filmmakers. I have enjoyed her work for years and been amazed…

— Gus Van Sant

In timing a film, we used to assume that sneaks move slowly. This was great for animators-thirty-six to forty-eight drawings for a single step-but…

— Chuck Jones

And as particles are living digital elements, moving on their own according to the various attributes (such as weight, speed, shape) given to them…

— Martine Epoque

I think a good study of music would be indispensable to the animators - a realization on their part of how primitive music is,…

— Walt Disney

The animators are fantastic though. They'll shoot their own reference material, and just go into the car park or something. And they might shoot…

— Chris Sanders

The industry in Japan moving toward CGI is not as severe and extreme as in the U.S. The animation industry in the U.S. is…

— Katsuhiro Otomo

I always loved that solitary experience of making things. There's a solitary aspect to animating... It's ultimately the animator and the puppet coaxing a…

— Travis Knight

In a comic strip, you can suggest motion and time, but it's very crude compared to what an animator can do. I have a…

— Bill Watterson

In college, I was a cartoonist at 'The Daily Northwestern.' So I draw myself. I was an animator. But basically, I went to Northwestern…

— John Musker

Too many of Disney animators, and a lot try to emulate Disney, are trying to hit what they call quality levels. They're boring mannerisms.

— Ralph Bakshi

There's always kids who become stop motion animators. I get stuff all the time. They put it on YouTube. It's exciting to see.

— Henry Selick

All new tools are useful to animators, but great animation comes down to great animators.

— Dean DeBlois