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> [The process of art evolving is always one which has fascinated me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-mclaren/the-process-of-art-evolving-is-always-one-which-has-fascinated-me/)

[Norman McLaren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-mclaren/)

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## More by Norman McLaren

> [By drawing or exposing two or more patterns on the same bit of film I can create harmony and textual effects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-mclaren/by-drawing-or-exposing-two-or-more-patterns-on-the-same-bit-of-film-i/)

[Norman McLaren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-mclaren/)

> [In any art movement, the art has to move into a new phase - a filmmaker has a desire to make a film that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-mclaren/in-any-art-movement-the-art-has-to-move-into-a-new-phase-a-filmmaker/)

[Norman McLaren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-mclaren/)

> [Animation is manipulating the difference.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-mclaren/animation-is-manipulating-the-difference/)

[Norman McLaren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-mclaren/)

> [The process of art evolving is always one which has fascinated me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-mclaren/the-process-of-art-evolving-is-always-one-which-has-fascinated-me/)

[Norman McLaren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-mclaren/)

> [The number of strokes to the inch controls the pitch of the note: the more, the higher the pitch; the fewer, the lower the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-mclaren/the-number-of-strokes-to-the-inch-controls-the-pitch-of-the-note-the/)

[Norman McLaren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-mclaren/)

> [Unless it's done superbly, as in the Japanese film Gate of Hell, color can be a very distracting element.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-mclaren/unless-it-s-done-superbly-as-in-the-japanese-film-gate-of-hell-color/)

[Norman McLaren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-mclaren/)

> [Well rounded forms gives smooth sounds; sharper or angular forms give harder and harsher sounds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-mclaren/well-rounded-forms-gives-smooth-sounds-sharper-or-angular-forms-give/)

[Norman McLaren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-mclaren/)

> [Take a film of Jacques Tati like Mon Oncle which has something quite new - for me, unique - in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-mclaren/take-a-film-of-jacques-tati-like-mon-oncle-which-has-something-quite/)

[Norman McLaren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-mclaren/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-mclaren/and-so-my-militant-philosophy-is-this-to-make-with-a-brush-on-canvas/)

[Norman McLaren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-mclaren/)

> [But it has, in addition, an even more precious quality - a consciousness of the human intelligence, the human spirit and that man is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-mclaren/but-it-has-in-addition-an-even-more-precious-quality-a-consciousness/)

[Norman McLaren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-mclaren/)

> [So people will come along and do new things and sometimes return to the spirit of an earlier age.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-mclaren/so-people-will-come-along-and-do-new-things-and-sometimes-return-to/)

[Norman McLaren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-mclaren/)

> [Film is changing, and it can't help but keep changing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-mclaren/film-is-changing-and-it-can-t-help-but-keep-changing/)

[Norman McLaren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-mclaren/)

> [The good moral work of art should have all the qualities that a good amoral work of art should have, such as formal unity,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-mclaren/the-good-moral-work-of-art-should-have-all-the-qualities-that-a-good/)

[Norman McLaren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-mclaren/)

> [Animation is not the art of drawings that move but the art of movements that are drawn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-mclaren/animation-is-not-the-art-of-drawings-that-move-but-the-art-of/)

[Norman McLaren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-mclaren/)

> [I don't know whether it ever comes back to the same thing; it does return to the spirit of a previous period in some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-mclaren/i-don-t-know-whether-it-ever-comes-back-to-the-same-thing-it-does/)

[Norman McLaren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-mclaren/)

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