Animation Quotes

220 quotes by 135 authors

At first the cartoon medium was just a novelty, but it never really began to hit until we had more than tricks... until we developed… — Walt Disney
I think a good study of music would be indispensable to the animators - a realization on their part of how primitive music is, how… — Walt Disney
I think you have to know these fellows definitely before you can draw them. When you start to caricature a person,you can't do it without… — Walt Disney
In our animation we must show only the actions and reactions of a character, but we must picture also with the action. . . the… — Walt Disney
I don't know what I'd do with my life if it wasn't for animation.' I guess I would be an artist, or do something with… — Andreas Deja
When caricaturist, Al Hirschfeld, did a drawing of a celebrity, it often looked more like the person than the person did. That's our goal in… — Brad Bird
One of the things about animation is it's so expensive to do the animation, that you can't produce coverage. You only have one chance to… — John Lasseter
I've always had great respect for Paddington because he is amusingly English and eccentric. He is a great British institution and my generation grew up… — Stephen Fry
Animation did not become the dominant form of children's television until the '60s. — Annette Funicello
Because good writing in a TV cartoon is so rare, I think the animation on The Simpsons is often overlooked. — Matt Groening
There's always room out there for the hand-drawn image. I personally like the imperfection of hand drawing as opposed to the slick look of computer… — Matt Groening
When The Simpsons came around, there really was nothing else like it on TV. It's hard to imagine, but when Fox first took the plunge… — Matt Groening
With animation, because you can draw anything and do anything and have the characters do whatever you want, the tendency is to be very loose… — Matt Groening
If you can dream it, you can do it. — Walt Disney
Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for… — Walt Disney
Animation offers a medium of story telling and visual entertainment which can bring pleasure and information to people of all ages everywhere in the world. — Walt Disney
Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly… — Walt Disney
I brought in the stories many times. I don't just do animation. — Ray Harryhausen
Animation has completely changed, and I've always been a big fan. — Shia LaBeouf
If you're sitting in your minivan, playing your computer animated films for your children in the back seat, is it the animation that's entertaining you… — John Lasseter

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