Animation Quotes

“Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation.”
― Walt Disney

“One of the things that we were trying to do with this show was the complexities of relationships and love. There is both passion and longing and a bittersweet quality to it that is a part of life.”
― Tim Burton, Tim Burton's Corpse Bride: An Invitation to the Wedding

“Believe in your character. Animate (or write) with sincerity.”
― Glen Keane

“In the midst of the vagaries of life, they provide us a trip to the land of goodness and fairies, of imaginations and possibilities.
A childhood that wasn't spent watching cartoons or reading comic strips, no wonder, seems too dull to imagine.”
― Sanhita Baruah

“If we all reacted the same way, we'd be predictable, and there's always more than one way to view a situation...It's simple: overspecialize, and you breed in weakness. It's slow death.”
― Motoko Kusanagi ⎯ Ghost in the Shell (1995)

“After my initial disappointment, I realized that Milicent being a normal, non-royal was more important to her position as a role model. It was more inspirational. She didn't have superpowers or a magic wand. She was simply intelligent and savvy and good at what she did. We need women to be allowed to be simply good at what they do. We need them on set, in meetings, behind cameras and pens and paintbrushes. We need them to be themselves, to be human: ordinary and flawed. That way, more girls can see them and think "I can do that." That way, no one can look at them and say " She got that job because she's beautiful. She got that gig because she slept with someone."

Actually, she got hired because she was damn good.”
― Mallory O'Meara, The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick

“The fairy tale of film—created with the magic of animation—is the modern equivalent of the great parables of the Middle Ages. Creation is the word. Not adaptation. We can translate the ancient fairy tale into its modern equivalent without losing the lovely patina and savor of its once-upon-a-time quality. We have proved that age-old kind of entertainment based on the classic fairy tale recognizes no young, no old.”
― Walt Disney

“Brenda Chapman
She studied character animation at CalArts, and a few years later found herself exactly where she'd always dreamed: working on animated films for Disney in Los Angeles. She soon discovered that she was one of the very few women animators there.
"That's when I realized why princesses in their films were so helpless. They had all been created by men." she recalls. She promised herself that she would create a new type of princess: strong, independent, and...
"...Brave" she thought. "What a great name for a film!”
― Elena Favilli, Rebel Girls Coloring Book Set

“The colors burned in three dimensions. They were windows looking in upon a fiery reality.”
― Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man

“To infinity…and beyond!”
― Toy Story (1995)

“Reflecting on the creation of the songs and vocal performances, Peter [Schneider] speaks with respect and regret: "It's sad that Howard [Ashman] never saw the finished movie of Beauty and the Beast, because it's basically him. It was his conception, it was his idea, it was his songs, it was his emotions, it was his storytelling. Alan [Menken] was a very important partner in this: you can't discount Alan. But it was Howard's vision that made this all happen. And what survives is these characters and these emotions and these songs. They will be around a lot longer than we will. And given the choice, that's what he would have chosen to have survive.”
― Charles Solomon, Tale as Old as Time: The Art and Making of Beauty and the Beast (Disney Editions Deluxe

“Any time you design a character for a Disney picture, especially a fairy tale, it's going to become the definitive design for that character, so you don't want to hack something out. You need to put in the kind of care it warrants if it's going to live in history.”
― Glen Keane

“The secret of all new and innovated animation is to think outside the box and explore new frontiers of idea and expression.”
― Tony White (2), Animation from Pencils to Pixels: Classical Techniques for the Digital Animator

“Forms acquire meaning for us only because we recognize in them the expression of a sentient (fühlend) soul. Spontaneously, we animate (beseelen) every object.”
― Heinrich Wölfflin

“If it is fancy which bestows brilliancy on our ideas, if it is memory which gives them stability, passion doth more, it animates them. ... To make me believe it is enough to show me that things are so; to make me act, it is necessary to show that the action will answer some end.”
― George Campbell, The Philosophy of Rhetoric

“More than one person told us that we simply couldn't pull it off. Luckily, we had a crew who believed in Avatar as much as we did, and they were dedicated to helping us try to prove the skeptics wrong.”
― Bryan Konietzko

“Celui qui te raconte qu'il existe symphonie plus grande que le soufle qui t'anime te ment.”
― Yasmina Khadra, L'attentat

“Epikta provides one stop solution for the clients which are looking for Logo Design,web design in Los Angeles and Animations in LA.”
― Kevin Gorinshteyn

“SIMPSONS BLUFFER'S RULE #2
The competent bluffer should always refer to the performers who play The Simpsons as 'the voice talent' never 'actors'.
For extra effect, drop their first names... This implies some tacit familiarity and your bluffee will simply melt before your eyes like the witch in The Wizard of Oz”
― Paul Couch, The Bluffer's Guide to The Simpsons

“Just a whisper. I hear it in my ghost.”
― Motoko Kusanagi ⎯ Ghost in the Shell (1995)

“When Walt became all wrapped up in the theme parks and live-action films, we tried to get him interested in animation again," recalls Frank Thomas, one of the Studio's "Nine Old Men."

"Walt said, 'If I ever do go back, there are only two subjects I would want to do. One of them is Beauty and the Beast.' For the life of me, I can't remember what the other one was.”
― Charles Solomon, Tale as Old as Time: The Art and Making of Beauty and the Beast (Disney Editions Deluxe

“Since the earliest days of the art form, humans have been the most difficult characters to animate. The more realistic the human being, the more difficult the animation becomes. Audiences will accept distortions in the actions of a cartoony character: no one has ever seen a four-foot-tall rabbit walk on its hind legs, so an artist animating Bugs Bunny enjoys considerable freedom. But everyone knows how human beings move, and if those movements are not rendered accurately, viewers won't believe in the characters.

Ward Kimball, one of Disney's "Nine Old Men," commented, "As long as we deal in fantasy, we are on safe ground. The eye has no basis for comparison. But the more we try to duplicate nature realistically, the tougher our job becomes. The audience compares what we draw with what it knows to be true. Any false movement is easily detected.”
― Charles Solomon, Tale as Old as Time: The Art and Making of Beauty and the Beast (Disney Editions Deluxe

“Let's agree the atoms comprising a stone and a human being are inanimate.”
― Roscoe Webster

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― mahalingam

“Let your animation be the star, not formulaic characters.”
― Tony White (2), Animation from Pencils to Pixels: Classical Techniques for the Digital Animator

“The director carries a huge responsibility here; if he or she thinks further, then the character designs travel further.”
― Tony White (2), Animation from Pencils to Pixels: Classical Techniques for the Digital Animator

“I can’t think of a morning I haven’t woken up with the thought of STRANGLING you! That sanctimonious image of yours fooled everyone – except me! Because I! KNOW! EVIL!”
― Lex Luthor, Public Enemies

“Motiongraphic is a data with an animated storyline.”
― Dhony Firmansyah, Amazing Slide Videographic

“2D animation design has gained immense popularity since when it was first introduced. Today it’s primarily deployed in 2D animation studios for creating advertisements, marketing videos, animated movies or cartoons, corporate presentations, and video games. Besides being adorable, 2D animations tend to capture audiences through their auditory, visual, and kinesthetic aspects.

Information communicated to the viewers in a visual format is perceived far better since it stimulates different brain regions while simultaneously engaging multiple senses to enable the user to comprehend data more effectively. This deeper level of engagement also triggers the urge in users to share what they find attractive, thus, accounting for more prospects.”
― CLD Animation

“One of the significant aspects of Love, Death + Robots is that it offers up a buffet of the visual styles and technologies available in animation today.”
― Ramin Zahed, The Art of Love, Death + Robots