Quotes from Signe Baumane

I have decided that I want animation to be taken seriously; that is the goal of my life. I believe that animation is a very important medium to tell stories, not just for kids but for adults.

Once an audience feels that you trust them like you trust a friend, they do become your friends.

I animated everything traditionally, on paper. I love how the texture of paper looks (it also matches textures of papier-mâché) and I love the tactile process.

There can be no formula in arts. Formulas are for factory mass productions. There are no discoveries in already discovered formulas.

By using formula in filmmaking we are admitting that film is not art.

I define art as a work created by a human that has a unique point of view and discovers something that was not there before.

I would never jump under a subway car because that would delay all the people behind me. How inconsiderate!