Animation Quote by Seth MacFarlane

I grew up, obviously, watching tons of animation; Saturday morning cartoons or anything that we could get our hands on. And then when 'The…

— Rachael MacFarlane

I was very, very into animation when I was growing up. The Simpsons is still my favorite show. I have a really strong connection…

— Ben Schwartz

I think the No. 1 lesson I learned from 'The Simpsons' was just that animation could be as funny as live-action. That animation could…

— Alex Hirsch

I grew up - for a while, the only show I could watch if I hadn't finished my homework was 'The Simpsons,' because I…

— Tyler Ritter

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

My mother had no interest in cartoons. I remember thinking, 'I am never going to grow into that person.' Which is so ironic -…

— Dana Walden

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…

— Matt Groening

Anybody in animation today would be lying if they said they weren't somehow influenced by 'The Simpsons' to a certain degree. Except for the…

— Justin Roiland

I tended toward animated material that wasn't just for kids. I could tell as a kid watching those shows that I loved the jokes…

— Alex Hirsch

I don't know if I really watched any Disney animation as a kid.

— Emilie de Ravin

The Simpsons was pretty experimental at the time, but it attracted a lot of sitcom writers that felt confined by the limitations of live-action…

— Eric Andre