Quotes About Creativity

When the Pixar people call, you jump at the opportunity.

I've always loved film, and it started with Pixar movies.

Pixar has the integrity to not rush.

I just love everything that Disney and Pixar do. Not only do they do beautiful films, but they have great messages for kids.

Everybody involved in Pixar, I've not met one person who's not incredibly creative and nice and lovely and know what they're doing.

I think Pixar's done an amazing job integrating art and science. They really get this idea that art and engineering work side by side.

What I've learned running Pixar applies to all businesses.

I like doing everything. That's why I came to Pixar, as opposed to Disney or any other studio - it's small. At the time I started, I was, like, the 10th person in the animation group, and we all had to do everything. That's the way I like it, keeping it fresh.

When I first landed at Pixar, I felt like I found this creative oasis with John Lasseter... It's what you thought Hollywood was going to be.

The world does not want to see a Pixar film that's not great.

Pixar make kids' movies, but there are jokes in there for adults, and it never gets too sentimental.

Throughout Pixar's history, we've had major meltdowns and crises. It's happened throughout our history: you reach a certain point, it doesn't work, and you start all over again.

At Pixar, of course, we have all these people, and they're just used to our process now where it's a discussion; it's a discovery. It's not individual artists going and fussing off by themselves in isolation and then handing their work in.

I never heard one word in Pixar about, 'Will kids get this?' I don't think it's important that they get everything. I think that it's important that they get engaged, interested.

I listen to everything: The Pixies, The Beatles, The Avett Brothers.

I used to hang out with a group of aspiring directors before 'Pizza' happened. We used to discuss a lot of stories all the time.

I write with pen and paper. I don't have a mobile or computer, because I know how great they are. If I did, I'd never leave the house - you'd find me in six months, dead under a pile of pizza boxes.

Art, in the first place, has to connect with yourself.

Can anybody be given a great degree of creativity? No. They can be given the equipment to develop it-if they have it in them in the first place.

I think there's art, and then there's illustration. Art comes from a deeper place.

You don't have to fight against being placed in a box any more than the number two has to fight against being the number three. I mean, two is not going to be the number three, ever.

Lyricism was placed into my head in Ireland.

When I started writing, I just wanted to do something different and creative. I first thought neo-soul was a good pathway for me, so I tried that out but realized I didn't want to be placed in that box.

There are people much better placed to make music than me. It's always been a young person's game.