Everything on Saturday morning [cartoons] moves alike that's one of the reasons it's not animation. The drawings are different, but everybody acts… — Chuck Jones Copy Share Image
Well, directing is doing the key drawings, not the key animation, mind you. — Chuck Jones Copy Share Image
Every great artist must begin by learning to draw with the single line, and my advice to young animators is to learn… — Chuck Jones Copy Share Image
When a young artist asked me for advice on drawing the human foot, I told him, ‘The first thing you must learn… — Chuck Jones Copy Share Image
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… — Chuck Jones Copy Share Image
All of you here have one hundred thousand bad drawings in you. The sooner you get rid of them, the better it… — Chuck Jones Copy Share Image
If you start with character, you probably will end up with good drawings. — Chuck Jones Copy Share Image
Every artist has thousands of bad drawings in them and the only way to get rid of them is to draw them… — Chuck Jones Copy Share Image
The whole essence of good drawing - and of good thinking, perhaps - is to work a subject down to the simplest… — 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 Image
Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter. — Chuck Jones Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
Well, directing is doing the key drawings, not the key animation, mind you. — Chuck Jones Copy Share Image
You do not 'suffer' if you decide 'that's the way it is' rather than 'why is it this way?' — Chuck Jones Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Fog and smog should not be confused and are easily separated by color. — Chuck Jones Copy Share Image