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title: "3 Ariel Quotes By Glen Keane"
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> [At one point, I animated villains in our stories, a bear or a giant, then on The Little Mermaid Ariel just called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-keane/at-one-point-i-animated-villains-in-our-stories-a-bear-or-a-giant/)

[Glen Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-keane/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2b/glen-keane-33249_animated_at-one-point-i-animated-villains-in-our_587943.jpg)

> [There's a weird thing about me and characters with hair, from Ariel or Pocahontas to Tarzan with his dreadlocks and now Rapunzel...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-keane/there-s-a-weird-thing-about-me-and-characters-with-hair-from-ariel-or/)

[Glen Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-keane/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97d/glen-keane-33249_ariel_there-s-a-weird-thing-about-me-and-chara_1988317.jpg)

> [Many years after animating Ariel, I continue to draw her, doodling as I talk on the phone, absent-mindedly passing time in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-keane/many-years-after-animating-ariel-i-continue-to-draw-her-doodling-as-i/)

[Glen Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-keane/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53e/glen-keane-33249_absent_many-years-after-animating-ariel-i-conti_2892465.jpg)

## Other authors on Ariel

## More by Glen Keane

> [Believe the impossible is possible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-keane/believe-the-impossible-is-possible/)

[Glen Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-keane/)

> [At one point, I animated villains in our stories, a bear or a giant, then on The Little Mermaid Ariel just called to me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-keane/at-one-point-i-animated-villains-in-our-stories-a-bear-or-a-giant/)

[Glen Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-keane/)

> [I don't know how to animate on the computer, and I'm really grateful that I worked with a couple of other guys. We called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-keane/i-don-t-know-how-to-animate-on-the-computer-and-i-m-really-grateful/)

[Glen Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-keane/)

> [If you are drawing a blank, or are having a hard time drawing a certain thing, then it is because you have not studied…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-keane/if-you-are-drawing-a-blank-or-are-having-a-hard-time-drawing-a/)

[Glen Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-keane/)

> [Believe in the character; animate with sincerity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-keane/believe-in-the-character-animate-with-sincerity/)

[Glen Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-keane/)

> [There's an image of Rapunzel free, flying in the air, as a sunburst, which says so much. This is a girl who has to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-keane/there-s-an-image-of-rapunzel-free-flying-in-the-air-as-a-sunburst/)

[Glen Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-keane/)

> [I find that you're drawn to certain stories, and there's something about fairytales that have deep roots. They connect really deeply to you, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-keane/i-find-that-you-re-drawn-to-certain-stories-and-there-s-something/)

[Glen Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-keane/)

> [“Any time you design a character for a Disney picture, especially a fairy tale, it's going to become the definitive design for that character,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-keane/any-time-you-design-a-character-for-a-disney-picture-especially-a/)

[Glen Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-keane/)

> [Believe in your character. Animate (or write) with sincerity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-keane/believe-in-your-character-animate-or-write-with-sincerity/)

[Glen Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-keane/)

> [There's a weird thing about me and characters with hair, from Ariel or Pocahontas to Tarzan with his dreadlocks and now Rapunzel... it's like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-keane/there-s-a-weird-thing-about-me-and-characters-with-hair-from-ariel-or/)

[Glen Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-keane/)

> [If you are offered the opportunity to do something that you don’t know how to do – say yes, dive in and do it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-keane/if-you-are-offered-the-opportunity-to-do-something-that-you-don-t/)

[Glen Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-keane/)

> [I used to think that animation was about moving stuff. In order to make it really great, you bounce it, squash it, stretch it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-keane/i-used-to-think-that-animation-was-about-moving-stuff-in-order-to/)

[Glen Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-keane/)

> [Many years after animating Ariel, I continue to draw her, doodling as I talk on the phone, absent-mindedly passing time in a sketchbook. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-keane/many-years-after-animating-ariel-i-continue-to-draw-her-doodling-as-i/)

[Glen Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-keane/)

> [People are who they are by the way they react to things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-keane/people-are-who-they-are-by-the-way-they-react-to-things/)

[Glen Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-keane/)

> [For me, drawing is the greatest joy. Animation is never as good as when I'm sitting at that desk drawing. Even when it's up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-keane/for-me-drawing-is-the-greatest-joy-animation-is-never-as-good-as-when/)

[Glen Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-keane/)

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