Competition Quote by Jim Henson

Honestly, puppets themselves are actors effectively. The joy of puppetry is that it is very simple and low-fi, which I love.

— James Bobin

You know, working with puppets - there is just something about it. Because the puppet takes on its own personality.

— John Pinette

I've never been a puppeteer, I conceive and I write and I design and I direct. And not just puppets. I direct actors, I…

— Julie Taymor

Puppets are pure form then ideas for performance come out of that. It's always the form and the visuals and that's why I like…

— Wayne White

And with puppets, especially in our company, we sort of demand a very high standard of puppetry, so it's a real technical skill.

— Brian Henson

It just happens that there is more employment for puppeteers in preschool television than anywhere else.

— Stephanie D'Abruzzo

Having a puppet is a way of having opposing opinions - I say a thing; he says the other.

— Nina Conti

The world and the universe are far more wonderful if there's not a puppet master.

— Dave Matthews

Puppets and dolls are the gateways between human beings and objects. There are tons of cliches to spout about puppetry and animism, the primacy…

— Kalan Sherrard

Let me tell you, I am nobody's puppet.

— Nydia Velazquez

What if a puppet could cut its own strings, and in that act of defiance and strength of will become truly alive? Become is…

— Barry Lyga

I'm probably the worst person in the world to give advice to puppeteers. My whole attitude towards puppets from the beginning was not one…

— Wayne White