Animation Quote by Henry Selick

The whole point of animation to me is to tell a story, make a joke, express an idea. The technique itself doesn't really matter.…

— Terry Gilliam

To direct a genuinely animated film, you're really having meetings and discussing what you want with animators who then go off and produce one…

— Peter Jackson

Animations are really powerful - it's not just entertainment, it's a very cunning way to get good ideas across.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

Animation in itself has so many different looks and styles and possibilities.

— Dave Filoni

Animation is just another way of telling a story.

— Christopher Miller

Animation is about creating the illusion of life. And you can't create it if you don't have one.

— Brad Bird

There's the fact that animation is extremely time-consuming, tedious, labor-intensive, and therefore, extremely expensive as an art form to really do it right, to…

— Eric Drooker

I think animation is a very truthful way to express your thoughts, because the process is very direct. That's what I've always liked about…

— Michel Gondry

To take full advantage of computer animation, you have to pay as much attention to the believable as you do the unbelievable.

— John Lasseter

Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised…

— Walt Disney

I absolutely think that hand-drawn animation is valid and I actually hope to do one in the future with a large budget.

— Brad Bird

Animation means to invoke life, not to imitate it.

— Chuck Jones