--- title: "10 Trying Quotes By Tim Burton" description: "10 Trying quotes by Tim Burton. Plus more from Tim Burton and more Trying sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/tim-burton-2476_always_anybody-with-artistic-ambitions-is-alway_2134808.png" --- > [Anybody with artistic ambitions is always trying to reconnect with the way they saw things as a child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-burton/anybody-with-artistic-ambitions-is-always-trying-to-reconnect-with/) [Tim Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-burton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/tim-burton-2476_always_anybody-with-artistic-ambitions-is-alway_2134808.png) > [A lot of things you see as a child remain with you you spend a lot of your life trying to recapture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-burton/a-lot-of-things-you-see-as-a-child-remain-with-you-you-spend-a-lot-of/) [Tim Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-burton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9f/tim-burton-2476_children_a-lot-of-things-you-see-as-a-child-remai_2104293.png) > [One of the things that we were trying to do with this show was the complexities of relationships and love. There is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-burton/one-of-the-things-that-we-were-trying-to-do-with-this-show-was-the/) [Tim Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-burton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/115/tim-burton-2476_and-love_one-of-the-things-that-we-were-trying-to_1635053.png) > [I try not to go back in retrospect and say oh, I shouldn't have done this or shouldn't have done that. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-burton/i-try-not-to-go-back-in-retrospect-and-say-oh-i-shouldn-t-have-done/) [Tim Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-burton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a74/tim-burton-2476_decision_i-try-not-to-go-back-in-retrospect-and-s_1838874.png) > [Even if you're doing something that the studio sends you, or something that's based on a book or story, at the end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-burton/even-if-you-re-doing-something-that-the-studio-sends-you-or-something/) [Tim Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-burton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/864/tim-burton-2476_book_even-if-you-re-doing-something-that-the_1441457.png) > [You know, those kinds of things in your life...movies you try to work out your issues, then you realize those kinds of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-burton/you-know-those-kinds-of-things-in-your-life-movies-you-try-to-work/) [Tim Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-burton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b33/tim-burton-2476_film_you-know-those-kinds-of-things-in-your-l_1602980.png) > [Things that I grew up with stay with me. You start a certain way, and then you spend your whole life trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-burton/things-that-i-grew-up-with-stay-with-me-you-start-a-certain-way-and/) [Tim Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-burton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19f/tim-burton-2476_certain_things-that-i-grew-up-with-stay-with-me_303132.png) > [In Hollywood, they think drawn animation doesn't work anymore, computers are the way. They forget that the reason computers are the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-burton/in-hollywood-they-think-drawn-animation-doesn-t-work-anymore/) [Tim Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-burton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c6/tim-burton-2476_animation_in-hollywood-they-think-drawn-animation_1626173.png) > [People say I am stuck in childhood, but it's not that. I remember seeing a Matisse retrospective, and you could see he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-burton/people-say-i-am-stuck-in-childhood-but-it-s-not-that-i-remember/) [Tim Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-burton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/416/tim-burton-2476_am_people-say-i-am-stuck-in-childhood-but-i_1533723.png) > [ Nobody had his \[Ed Wood's\] style. That's something I try to do in my films. You have your own kind of cryptic… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-burton/nobody-had-his-ed-wood-s-style-that-s-something-i-try-to-do-in-my/) [Tim Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-burton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/354/tim-burton-2476_cryptic_nobody-had-his-ed-wood-s-style-that-s-so_365692.png) ## Other authors on Trying ## More by Tim Burton > [I grew up watching monster movies and horror movies, which I felt were like fairy tales and I think this always spoke to me.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-burton/i-grew-up-watching-monster-movies-and-horror-movies-which-i-felt-were/) [Tim Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-burton/) > [I find that the most special thing to me is if you've connected to people in some way: If someone comes up to you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-burton/i-find-that-the-most-special-thing-to-me-is-if-you-ve-connected-to/) [Tim Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-burton/) > [Minister: Welcome, brother! Do you reject Satan and all his works? Bunny Breckinridge: Sure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-burton/minister-welcome-brother-do-you-reject-satan-and-all-his-works-bunny/) [Tim Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-burton/) > [I've always been more comfortable making my decisions from the subconscious level, or more emotionally, because I find it is more truthful to me;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-burton/i-ve-always-been-more-comfortable-making-my-decisions-from-the/) [Tim Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-burton/) > [I don't really dream, I space out during the day - that's one of my problems wonder off when someone's talking to me. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-burton/i-don-t-really-dream-i-space-out-during-the-day-that-s-one-of-my/) [Tim Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-burton/) > [I'm not a big fan of spiders, rats, especially if they're like - I got up one morning on a holiday recently, and there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-burton/i-m-not-a-big-fan-of-spiders-rats-especially-if-they-re-like-i-got-up/) [Tim Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-burton/) > [I don't look at my films or my old drawings much, so that was an interesting way to kind of reconnect with myself a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-burton/i-don-t-look-at-my-films-or-my-old-drawings-much-so-that-was-an/) [Tim Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-burton/) > [Some people get therapy, some people get to make movies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-burton/some-people-get-therapy-some-people-get-to-make-movies/) [Tim Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-burton/) > [My name is Jimmy, but my friends just call me the hideous penguin boy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-burton/my-name-is-jimmy-but-my-friends-just-call-me-the-hideous-penguin-boy/) [Tim Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-burton/) > [One of the things I loved about the musical was that you listened to the soundtrack and it told you the story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-burton/one-of-the-things-i-loved-about-the-musical-was-that-you-listened-to/) [Tim Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-burton/) > [I never really got nightmares from movies. In fact, I recall my father saying when I was three years old that I would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-burton/i-never-really-got-nightmares-from-movies-in-fact-i-recall-my-father/) [Tim Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-burton/) > [Things that I grew up with stay with me. You start a certain way, and then you spend your whole life trying to find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-burton/things-that-i-grew-up-with-stay-with-me-you-start-a-certain-way-and/) [Tim Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-burton/) > [But she knows she has a curse on her, a curse she cannot win. For if someone gets too close to her, the pins…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-burton/but-she-knows-she-has-a-curse-on-her-a-curse-she-cannot-win-for-if/) [Tim Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-burton/) > [When I was growing up, Dr. Seuss was really my favorite. There was something about the lyrical nature and the simplicity of his work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-burton/when-i-was-growing-up-dr-seuss-was-really-my-favorite-there-was/) [Tim Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-burton/) > [When I went to Warner Bros., there was a woman named Bonnie Lee who was an executive who helped me to get to 'Pee-wee's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-burton/when-i-went-to-warner-bros-there-was-a-woman-named-bonnie-lee-who-was/) [Tim Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-burton/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/trying/tim-burton/#itemlist", "name": "10 Trying Quotes By Tim Burton", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Anybody with artistic ambitions is always trying to reconnect with the way they saw things as a child.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tim Burton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-burton/anybody-with-artistic-ambitions-is-always-trying-to-reconnect-with/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/tim-burton-2476_always_anybody-with-artistic-ambitions-is-alway_2134808.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/tim-burton-2476_always_anybody-with-artistic-ambitions-is-alway_2134808.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/tim-burton-2476_always_anybody-with-artistic-ambitions-is-alway_2134808.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Anybody with artistic ambitions is always trying to reconnect with the way they saw things as a child.” — Tim Burton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A lot of things you see as a child remain with you you spend a lot of your life trying to recapture the experience.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tim Burton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-burton/a-lot-of-things-you-see-as-a-child-remain-with-you-you-spend-a-lot-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9f/tim-burton-2476_children_a-lot-of-things-you-see-as-a-child-remai_2104293.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9f/tim-burton-2476_children_a-lot-of-things-you-see-as-a-child-remai_2104293.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9f/tim-burton-2476_children_a-lot-of-things-you-see-as-a-child-remai_2104293.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A lot of things you see as a child remain with you you spend a lot of your life trying to recapture the…” — Tim Burton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One of the things that we were trying to do with this show was the complexities of relationships and love. 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