Quotes About Animation

Animation had been a thriving medium when Walt came along, but was dismissed as amateur entertainment for children. Common were bland, forgettable, poorly drawn characters going through nonsensical antics. Walt himself could barely draw a decent Mickey Mouse.

We are all God's animated cartoons.

Animation is tremendously resilient. Animation will recover, as art always recovers. There's always cycles of good art.

Because good writing in a TV cartoon is so rare, I think the animation on The Simpsons is often overlooked.

In terms of writing characters or stories, at least initially, there's no difference between live-action and animation. A good story is a good story, whatever the medium.

The good thing about animation is that you can affect it. If something is not working, then you just fix it.

Animations are really powerful - it's not just entertainment, it's a very cunning way to get good ideas across.

Even in China. Children there, next to the Great Wall, who had never seen Mickey Mouse responded. So the studio did have that skill to communicate with images.

Walt Disney was my great hero.

One of the big technical advances that's really great looking is the water.

Happiness is a state of activity.

Vivacity is the health of the spirit.

The Lego Movie: Merely a great film, or the greatest film ever in the history of cinema?

I'm always there at home thinking of Wallace and Gromit ideas.

I hope I don't become just an animation [with a digital film].

I absolutely think that hand-drawn animation is valid and I actually hope to do one in the future with a large budget.

You should be as alive as you can, until you're totally dead!

Think excitement, talk excitement, act out excitement, and you are bound to become an excited person.

Washburn noticed how courteous the Colonel was to servants, and how he talked with equal animation about his gardener and the King of Italy.

I have a fascination for cartoons. No matter how many times 'Tom and Jerry' fall, you never complain, and watch it again.

When I was a kid growing up, I used to watch 'DuckTales.'

I used to watch every episode of 'Justice League,' I went to all the movies, I had the Superman lunchbox. I was enamored with animation in general and always wanted to somehow be a part of it.

I don't think I have any guilt or embarrassment about any of the TV shows I watch. Maybe the fact that the shows I can watch over and over again are cartoons like 'Bob's Burgers' and 'American Dad' and 'Rick & Morty.'

I watch cartoons a lot. I'm a big 'Rick and Morty' and 'South Park' fan.