The whole essence of good drawing - and of good thinking, perhaps - is to work a subject down to the simplest form possible and still have it believable for what it is meant to be. — 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
The older I get, the more individuality I find in animals and the less I find in humans. — Chuck Jones Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 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 way, their feet move the same way, and everybody runs the same way. It doesn't matter whether it's an alligator or a man or a baby or…” quote by Chuck Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0a2/chuck-jones-9878_alike_everything-on-saturday-morning-cartoons_180513.jpg)
