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> [After Pixar's 2006 merger with the Walt Disney Company, its CEO, Bob Iger, asked me, chief creative officer John Lasseter, and other Pixar senior managers to help him revive Disney Animation Studios. The success of our efforts prompted me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/after-pixar-s-2006-merger-with-the-walt-disney-company-its-ceo-bob/)

[Edwin Catmull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-catmull/)

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## More by Edwin Catmull

> [Lucasfilm has always had an openness to technology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/lucasfilm-has-always-had-an-openness-to-technology/)

[Edwin Catmull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-catmull/)

> [Creative ideas aren't like Jenga blocks, where they fall apart and you've got to start from scratch, though it can feel that way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/creative-ideas-aren-t-like-jenga-blocks-where-they-fall-apart-and-you/)

[Edwin Catmull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-catmull/)

> [With every one of our films, we try to touch emotions, but we don't try to touch the same emotions each time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/with-every-one-of-our-films-we-try-to-touch-emotions-but-we-don-t-try/)

[Edwin Catmull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-catmull/)

> [Every new idea in any field needs protection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/every-new-idea-in-any-field-needs-protection/)

[Edwin Catmull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-catmull/)

> [Creativity has to start somewhere, and we are true believers in the power of bracing, candid feedback, and the iterative process - reworking, reworking,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/creativity-has-to-start-somewhere-and-we-are-true-believers-in-the/)

[Edwin Catmull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-catmull/)

> [At heart, we believe that the films that work well are the films that do touch people emotionally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/at-heart-we-believe-that-the-films-that-work-well-are-the-films-that/)

[Edwin Catmull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-catmull/)

> [Creativity doesn't follow titles. It just comes from where it comes from.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/creativity-doesn-t-follow-titles-it-just-comes-from-where-it-comes/)

[Edwin Catmull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-catmull/)

> [We'll fund a project even if I'm skeptical because I'd rather be proven wrong by somebody on the inside than by somebody on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/we-ll-fund-a-project-even-if-i-m-skeptical-because-i-d-rather-be/)

[Edwin Catmull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-catmull/)

> [I actually feel awkward being at the center of attention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/i-actually-feel-awkward-being-at-the-center-of-attention/)

[Edwin Catmull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-catmull/)

> [We have a whole industry which is gigantic: games. Games is very successful. It's its own art form, though, and it's not the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/we-have-a-whole-industry-which-is-gigantic-games-games-is-very/)

[Edwin Catmull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-catmull/)

> [A movie contains literally tens of thousands of ideas. They're in the form of every sentence; in the performance of each line; in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/a-movie-contains-literally-tens-of-thousands-of-ideas-they-re-in-the/)

[Edwin Catmull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-catmull/)

> [With certain ideas, you can predict commercial success. So with a 'Toy Story 3' or a 'Cars 2,' you know the idea is more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/with-certain-ideas-you-can-predict-commercial-success-so-with-a-toy/)

[Edwin Catmull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-catmull/)

> [Beware of being blinded by your own success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/beware-of-being-blinded-by-your-own-success/)

[Edwin Catmull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-catmull/)

> [My best advice came by examples. A supportive environment at home, school, and grad school. Support at the New York Institute of Technology, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/my-best-advice-came-by-examples-a-supportive-environment-at-home/)

[Edwin Catmull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-catmull/)

> [When it comes to producing breakthroughs, both technological and artistic, Pixar's track record is unique. In the early 1990s, we were known as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/when-it-comes-to-producing-breakthroughs-both-technological-and/)

[Edwin Catmull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-catmull/)

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