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Animation Quotes

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

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

Matt Groening, American Cartoonist

Animation, Writing

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

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

Douglas Wood, Australian Celebrity

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"The best way for a beginner to write for animation is to closely watch animated films, then read the screenplays for them afterwards."

"The best way for a beginner to write for animation is to closely watch animated films, then read the screenplays for them afterwards."

Douglas Wood, Australian Celebrity

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"Well, directing is doing the key drawings, not the key animation, mind you."

"Well, directing is doing the key drawings, not the key animation, mind you."

Chuck Jones, American Director

Animation, Key, Mind

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

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

Don Bluth, American Artist

Animation, Trying, World

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

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

Kenneth Branagh, Irish Actor

Animation, Magic

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

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

Dave Rowntree, English Musician

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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."

"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, American Cartoonist

Animation, Appreciation, Communication, Man

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"You've got to be able to make animation for much less... Less is not the studio's way."

"You've got to be able to make animation for much less... Less is not the studio's way."

Don Bluth, American Artist

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

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

Dave Rowntree, English Musician

Animation, Machines, Now, Software

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"In animation, there's this exhilarating moment of discovery when you see the film and you say, Oh THAT'S what I was doing."

"In animation, there's this exhilarating moment of discovery when you see the film and you say, Oh THAT'S what I was doing."

John Lithgow, American Actor

Animation, Discovery, Film

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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."

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

Don Bluth, American Artist

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

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

Annette Funicello, American Actress

Animation, Children, Television

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

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

Don Bluth, American Artist

Animation, Waiting, Will

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