Animation is not the art of drawings that move but the art of movements that are drawn. — Norman McLaren Copy Share Image
By drawing or exposing two or more patterns on the same bit of film I can create harmony and textual effects. — Norman McLaren Copy Share Image
In any art movement, the art has to move into a new phase - a filmmaker has a desire to make a film that… — Norman McLaren Copy Share Image
The number of strokes to the inch controls the pitch of the note: the more, the higher the pitch; the fewer, the lower the… — Norman McLaren Copy Share Image
Unless it's done superbly, as in the Japanese film Gate of Hell, color can be a very distracting element. — Norman McLaren Copy Share Image
Well rounded forms gives smooth sounds; sharper or angular forms give harder and harsher sounds. — Norman McLaren Copy Share Image
Take a film of Jacques Tati like Mon Oncle which has something quite new - for me, unique - in it. — Norman McLaren Copy Share Image
And so my militant philosophy is this: to make with a brush on canvas is a simple direct delight-to make with the movie is… — Norman McLaren Copy Share Image
But it has, in addition, an even more precious quality - a consciousness of the human intelligence, the human spirit and that man is… — Norman McLaren Copy Share Image
So people will come along and do new things and sometimes return to the spirit of an earlier age. — Norman McLaren Copy Share Image
