Edwin Catmull

Lucasfilm has always had an openness to technology.

— 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…

— 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.

— Edwin Catmull

Every new idea in any field needs protection.

— Edwin Catmull

Creativity has to start somewhere, and we are true believers in the power of bracing, candid feedback, and the iterative process -…

— Edwin Catmull

At heart, we believe that the films that work well are the films that do touch people emotionally.

— Edwin Catmull

Creativity doesn't follow titles. It just comes from where it comes from.

— 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…

— Edwin Catmull

I actually feel awkward being at the center of attention.

— 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…

— 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;…

— Edwin Catmull

With certain ideas, you can predict commercial success. So with a 'Toy Story 3' or a 'Cars 2,' you know the idea…

— Edwin Catmull

Beware of being blinded by your own success.

— Edwin Catmull

My best advice came by examples. A supportive environment at home, school, and grad school. Support at the New York Institute of…

— 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…

— Edwin Catmull

Outsourcing, in and of itself, isn't responsible for the erosion of America's high tech infrastructure. The short-term thinking that led to a…

— Edwin Catmull

Programmers are very creative people. And animators are problem solvers, just as programmers are.

— Edwin Catmull

For me, creativity includes problem-solving. That's the broad definition of it.

— Edwin Catmull

I worked closely with Steve Jobs for twenty-six years. To this day, for all that has been written about him, I don't…

— Edwin Catmull

The Pixar name means more than any other name. It's very important to us to keep that name at a high level.

— Edwin Catmull

Every one of our films, when we start off, they suck... our job is to take it from something that sucks to…

— Edwin Catmull

For me, one of the great tragedies is the conclusion studios have drawn about traditional animation. I believe that 2D animation could…

— Edwin Catmull

I liked the first 'Kung Fu Panda.'

— Edwin Catmull

Pixar is a community in the true sense of the word. We think that lasting relationships matter, and we share some basic…

— Edwin Catmull

Every Pixar movie has its own rules that viewers have to accept, understand, and enjoy understanding. The voices of the toys in…

— Edwin Catmull