Eschew the ordinary, disdain the commonplace. If you have a single-minded need for something, let it be the unusual, the esoteric, the bizarre, the unexpected. — Chuck Jones Copy Share Image
If you were to draw Bugs, the easiest way is to learn how to draw a carrot and then hook a rabbit onto it — Chuck Jones Copy Share
Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter. — Chuck Jones Copy Share
An idea has no worth at all without believable characters to implement it; a plot without characters is like a tennis court without players.… — Chuck Jones Copy Share
Everything on Saturday morning [cartoons] moves alike that's one of the reasons it's not animation. The drawings are different, but everybody acts the same… — Chuck Jones Copy Share
You do not 'suffer' if you decide 'that's the way it is' rather than 'why is it this way?' — Chuck Jones Copy Share
Censorship, I believe, is the most dangerous enemy to all human communication, and piety of intention is probably the most dangerous, the most virulent… — Chuck Jones Copy Share
There's only one test of a great children's book, or a great children's film, and that is this: If it can be read or… — Chuck Jones Copy Share
As you become acquainted with a character you are creating, you add parts of yourself that are pertinent to that character. — Chuck Jones Copy Share
The older I get, the more individuality I find in animals and the less I find in humans. — Chuck Jones Copy Share
Anyone can negatively criticize - it is the cheapest of all comment because it requires not a modicum of the effort that suggestion requires. — Chuck Jones Copy Share
Every great artist must begin by learning to draw with the single line, and my advice to young animators is to learn how to… — Chuck Jones Copy Share
