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# Edwin Catmull

(1945)   Computer Scientist   United States

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Edwin Catmull is a computer scientist from the United States.

## Quick Facts About Edwin Catmull

Born March 31, 1945

Nationality United States

Profession Computer Scientist

Notable works Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

## About Edwin Catmull

Edwin Earl Catmull is an American computer scientist and animator who co‑founded Pixar and later led Walt Disney Animation Studios. He received the 2019 ACM Turing Award for his work in 3D computer graphics.

## Awards & Honors

Academy Award of Merit Turing Award Gordon E. Sawyer Award IEEE John von Neumann Medal Producers Guild of America Awards ACM Fellow Progress Medal (SMPTE) Computer History Museum Fellow

##  Quotes by Edwin Catmull · Page 2

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

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> [I did like 'Despicable Me.' I thought it was quite good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/i-did-like-despicable-me-i-thought-it-was-quite-good/)

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

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[Creative ideas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creative-ideas/)

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> [Every creative person can draft into service those around them who exhibit the right mixture of intelligence, insight, and grace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/every-creative-person-can-draft-into-service-those-around-them-who/)

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> [As I look back on my career, I had a goal, which was to build the first feature computer-animated film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/as-i-look-back-on-my-career-i-had-a-goal-which-was-to-build-the-first/)

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> [For me, creativity includes problem-solving. That's the broad definition of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/for-me-creativity-includes-problem-solving-that-s-the-broad/)

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> [Art isn't about drawing; it's about learning to see. What organization doesn't need this ability?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/art-isn-t-about-drawing-it-s-about-learning-to-see-what-organization/)

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[Ability](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ability/)

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> [For me, the work we did to turn around 'Toy Story 2' was the defining moment in Pixar's history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/for-me-the-work-we-did-to-turn-around-toy-story-2-was-the-defining/)

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> [I eagerly await the day when there is a replacement for the meniscus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/i-eagerly-await-the-day-when-there-is-a-replacement-for-the-meniscus/)

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> [Look at the computer industry. I've watched a lot of companies come and go, some that were right at the pinnacle of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/look-at-the-computer-industry-i-ve-watched-a-lot-of-companies-come/)

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[Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/)

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> [We encourage our people to build their ideas from scratch, and we give them the resources - and, crucially, the candid feedback…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/we-encourage-our-people-to-build-their-ideas-from-scratch-and-we-give/)

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[Cinema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/)

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> [One of Pixar's key mechanisms is the Braintrust, which we rely on to push us toward excellence and to root out mediocrity.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/one-of-pixar-s-key-mechanisms-is-the-braintrust-which-we-rely-on-to/)

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[Disney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/disney/)

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> [People say they want to be in risky environments and do all kinds of exciting stuff. But they don't actually know what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/people-say-they-want-to-be-in-risky-environments-and-do-all-kinds-of/)

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[Failure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/failure/)

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> [I know that with most companies that have a lot of success, it tends to throw you off, and you can become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/i-know-that-with-most-companies-that-have-a-lot-of-success-it-tends/)

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[Conservatism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conservatism/)

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> [Pixar is a community in the true sense of the word. We think that lasting relationships matter, and we share some basic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/pixar-is-a-community-in-the-true-sense-of-the-word-we-think-that/)

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[Community](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/community/)

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> [I've certainly seen R&D groups, typically funded by large corporations, where they bring together a lot of smart people and nothing happens.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/i-ve-certainly-seen-r-d-groups-typically-funded-by-large-corporations/)

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[Corporations](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/corporations/)

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> [If something works, you shouldn't do it again. We want to do something that is new, original - something where there's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/if-something-works-you-shouldn-t-do-it-again-we-want-to-do-something/)

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[Chance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chance/)

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> [I apply the term 'creativity' broadly... it's problem solving. We are all faced with problems, and we have to address them and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/i-apply-the-term-creativity-broadly-it-s-problem-solving-we-are-all/)

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[Creativity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creativity/)

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> [What happened in the early days of Disney is that Walt Disney used all of the new technologies as they came out.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/what-happened-in-the-early-days-of-disney-is-that-walt-disney-used/)

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> [While problems in a film are fairly easy to identify, the sources of those problems are often extraordinarily difficult to assess. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/while-problems-in-a-film-are-fairly-easy-to-identify-the-sources-of/)

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[Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/outsourcing-in-and-of-itself-isn-t-responsible-for-the-erosion-of/)

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[America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/)

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> [One term that's used in this industry a lot is this notion of 'feeding the beast.' You've got all of these people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/one-term-that-s-used-in-this-industry-a-lot-is-this-notion-of-feeding/)

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[Beast](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beast/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/after-pixar-s-2006-merger-with-the-walt-disney-company-its-ceo-bob/)

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[Disney animation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/disney-animation/)

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> [Part of being the successful Pixar is that we will take risks on teams and ideas, and some of them won't work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/part-of-being-the-successful-pixar-is-that-we-will-take-risks-on/)

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[Disney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/disney/)

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> [The desire to avoid meltdowns actually is one of the things that screws up live-action films.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/the-desire-to-avoid-meltdowns-actually-is-one-of-the-things-that/)

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[Action film](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action-film/)

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> [I've always been surprised at the number of people who think we've got it all figured out. It's incorrect, and it's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/i-ve-always-been-surprised-at-the-number-of-people-who-think-we-ve/)

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> [The skill of a good creative leader is being comfortable with blowing up an idea and knowing it will get better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/the-skill-of-a-good-creative-leader-is-being-comfortable-with-blowing/)

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[Being](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being/)

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> [We have to evolve, we have to change, and in order to do that, we have to initiate the change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/we-have-to-evolve-we-have-to-change-and-in-order-to-do-that-we-have/)

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[Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/)

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> [Every one of our films, when we start off, they suck... our job is to take it from something that sucks to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/every-one-of-our-films-when-we-start-off-they-suck-our-job-is-to-take/)

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[Cinema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/)

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> [When I see a film, I'll remember that there was a time when it wasn't working, and there was some pain and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/when-i-see-a-film-i-ll-remember-that-there-was-a-time-when-it-wasn-t/)

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[Angst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angst/)

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> [In life,you're going to have risk, so you have to say, 'My attitude going forward is how to I fix the problem.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/in-life-you-re-going-to-have-risk-so-you-have-to-say-my-attitude/)

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[Attitude](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attitude/)

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> [In the early 1970s, I headed to graduate school at the University of Utah and joined the pioneering program in computer graphics…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/in-the-early-1970s-i-headed-to-graduate-school-at-the-university-of/)

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> [We've always had ups and downs at Pixar, starting with the high we felt doing something we'd never done - 'Toy Story'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/we-ve-always-had-ups-and-downs-at-pixar-starting-with-the-high-we/)

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> [Virtual reality's been around for 40 years. People have been talking about storytelling in that world for all these years, and there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/virtual-reality-s-been-around-for-40-years-people-have-been-talking/)

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[People](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/)

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> [A hallmark of a healthy creative culture is that its people feel free to share ideas, opinions, and criticisms. Our decision-making is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/a-hallmark-of-a-healthy-creative-culture-is-that-its-people-feel-free-2/)

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> [One reason for keeping Disney animation separate from Pixar was that by solving their own problems when they finished a film, Disney…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/one-reason-for-keeping-disney-animation-separate-from-pixar-was-that/)

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[Disney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/disney/)

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> [For me, one of the great tragedies is the conclusion studios have drawn about traditional animation. I believe that 2D animation could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/for-me-one-of-the-great-tragedies-is-the-conclusion-studios-have/)

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[Animation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animation/)

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

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[Film](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/)

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> [I can't look at 'WALL-E' or 'Finding Nemo' or 'Up' and look at in the same way as people outside of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/i-can-t-look-at-wall-e-or-finding-nemo-or-up-and-look-at-in-the-same/)

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[Angst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angst/)

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> ['Balance' is a soft word. It implies calm, something almost yogic, but that's not it at all. The process is always chaotic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-catmull/balance-is-a-soft-word-it-implies-calm-something-almost-yogic-but/)

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[Balance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/balance/)

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## Edwin Catmull by topic

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