"The days when you needed amazing Silicon Graphics machines to run animation software are gone now."

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"The days when you needed amazing Silicon Graphics machines to run animation software are gone now."

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"Yes, actually. Animation's a very easy thing to watch on tour."

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"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."

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"Animation did not become the dominant form of children's television until the '60s."

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"So many plays with magic in them that would be a terrific invitation to an imaginative animation team."

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"Animation scripts tend to be much more descriptive and are lighter on dialogue."

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"I think we have to bottom out. When the studios jump out of the ring, perhaps the artist can get back in."

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"We're waiting for the pendulum to swing back again, which I am absolutely confident it will."

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"It just seems like the whole, overall animation world is trying to go where maybe animation doesn't belong."

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People

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Funny

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Challenge

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"When we came off the tour for the last album, we started on this one. We've just been chipping away at it. We're not in that much of a hurry, because when we release a Blur album, that's a three year promotion and touring cycle."

Promotion

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Anarchy

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