Able Quote by Signe Baumane

When you take something that's inert, and through motion, give it life, make it appear to be alive, living, breathing thinking and having emotions,…

— John Lasseter

On a live-action movie, things happen that are unexpected. In animation, you have to fabricate the feeling. That takes a tremendous amount of nuance…

— Gore Verbinski

Animation means to invoke life, not to imitate it.

— Chuck Jones

It's not quite the same as other kinds of performing, but I love animation. It is just a different kind of experience. The difference…

— John Leguizamo

I used to think that animation was about moving stuff. In order to make it really great, you bounce it, squash it, stretch it,…

— Glen Keane

For me, animation is the caricature of life. It's something that we create, from the ground up.

— Genndy Tartakovsky

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

Animation is a completely different world than live action.

— Jenna Ortega

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

— Brad Bird

What's most important in animation is the emotions and the ideas being portrayed. I'm a great believer of energy and emotion.

— Ralph Bakshi

I think animation can tell more than live action.

— Makoto Shinkai

Animation isn't the illusion of life; it is life

— Chuck Jones