“Even though copying what’s come before is a guaranteed path to mediocrity, it appears to be a safe choice, and the desire… — Ed Catmull Copy Share Image
“Telling the truth is difficult, but inside a creative company, it is the only way to ensure excellence. It is the job… — Ed Catmull Business Copy Share Image
“People talking directly to one another, then letting the manager find out later, was more efficient than trying to make sure that… — Ed Catmull Management Copy Share Image
“I remember going home at night, exhausted, feeling like I was balancing on the backs of a herd of horses—only some of… — Ed Catmull Copy Share Image
“He told me that he thinks he and the other proven directors have a responsibility to be teachers—that this should be a… — Ed Catmull Directors Copy Share Image
“The way I see it, my job as a manager is to create a fertile environment, keep it healthy, and watch for… — Ed Catmull Creativity Copy Share Image
“Braintrust meetings require giving candid notes, but they do a great deal more than that. The most productive creative sessions allow for… — Ed Catmull Philosophy of Mind Copy Share Image
“You might say I’m an advocate for humility in leaders. But to be truly humble, those leaders must first understand how many… — Ed Catmull Humble Copy Share Image
“At one point in this period, I met with Steve and gently asked him how things got resolved when people disagree with… — Ed Catmull Eye to eye Copy Share Image
“we seek what we think are simple explanations for events in our lives because we believe the simpler something is, the more… — Ed Catmull Randomness Copy Share Image
“In any creative endeavor, there is a long list of features and effects that you want to include to nudge it toward… — Ed Catmull Copy Share Image
“For many people, changing course is also a sign of weakness, tantamount to admitting that you don’t know what you are doing.… — Ed Catmull Changing course Copy Share Image
“Andrew Stanton says, adding that on each of his own films, he has made a point of doing this on a smaller… — Ed Catmull Copy Share Image
“If we can agree that it’s hard, if not impossible, to get a complete picture of what is going on at any… — Ed Catmull Business Copy Share Image
“The other principle we depended on was “Trust the Process.” We liked this one because it was so reassuring: While there are… — Ed Catmull Copy Share Image
“A lively debate in a Braintrust meeting is not being waged in the hopes of any one person winning the day. To… — Ed Catmull Debate Copy Share Image
“It is one of life’s cruel ironies that when it comes to feeding the Beast, success only creates more pressure to hurry… — Ed Catmull Life Copy Share Image
“He thinks of failure like learning to ride a bike; it isn’t conceivable that you would learn to do this without making… — Ed Catmull Failure Copy Share Image
“What makes Pixar special is that we acknowledge we will always have problems, many of them hidden from our view; that we… — Ed Catmull Disney Copy Share Image
“Mistakes aren’t a necessary evil. They aren’t evil at all. They are an inevitable consequence of doing something new (and, as such,… — Ed Catmull Creativity Copy Share Image
“A culture that allows everyone, no matter their position, to stop the assembly line, both figuratively and literally, maximizes the creative engagement… — Ed Catmull Assembly line Copy Share Image
“A hallmark of a healthy creative culture is that its people feel free to share ideas, opinions, and criticisms. Lack of candor,… — Ed Catmull Creativity Copy Share Image
“Our mental models aren’t reality. They are tools, like the models weather forecasters use to predict the weather. But, as we know… — Ed Catmull Psychology Copy Share Image
“That’s because success convinces us that we are doing things the right way. There is nothing quite as effective, when it comes… — Ed Catmull Copy Share Image
“Before I go on, I want to say something about the word protection. I worry that because it has such a positive… — Ed Catmull Copy Share Image
“From a very early age, the message is drilled into our heads: Failure is bad; failure means you didn’t study or prepare;… — Ed Catmull Failure Copy Share Image
