Film Quote by Norman McLaren

By drawing or exposing two or more patterns on the same bit of film I can create harmony and textual effects.

— Norman McLaren

In any art movement, the art has to move into a new phase - a filmmaker has a desire to make a film that…

— Norman McLaren

Animation is manipulating the difference.

— Norman McLaren

The process of art evolving is always one which has fascinated me.

— Norman McLaren

The number of strokes to the inch controls the pitch of the note: the more, the higher the pitch; the fewer, the lower the…

— Norman McLaren

Unless it's done superbly, as in the Japanese film Gate of Hell, color can be a very distracting element.

— Norman McLaren

Well rounded forms gives smooth sounds; sharper or angular forms give harder and harsher sounds.

— Norman McLaren

And so my militant philosophy is this: to make with a brush on canvas is a simple direct delight-to make with the movie is…

— Norman McLaren

But it has, in addition, an even more precious quality - a consciousness of the human intelligence, the human spirit and that man is…

— Norman McLaren

So people will come along and do new things and sometimes return to the spirit of an earlier age.

— Norman McLaren

Film is changing, and it can't help but keep changing.

— Norman McLaren

The good moral work of art should have all the qualities that a good amoral work of art should have, such as formal unity,…

— Norman McLaren