“Animators can only draw from their own experiences of pain and shock and emotions.”
-Hayao Miyazaki



“The secret source to animation is truth.”
– Pete Docter


“The strength of animation is in its simplicity and caricature, and in reduction.”
– Pete Docter


“Animation is about creating the illusion of life. And you can’t create it if you don’t have one.”
-Brad Bird








“All the technical considerations are unimportant when confronted with the question of ‘Does it look right?’”
-Ron Brinkmann



“Animation is not so much about moving stuff as it is about moving the audience.”
-Glen Keane



“Believe in your character.”
-Glen Keane



 “The better we [animators] do our jobs, the more invisible we become. The characters become the real ones.” -Glen Keane



“If the character emotes authentically, it has a power to connect with the audience.” -Rob Minkoff



“Animation means to invoke life, not to imitate it.”
-Chuck Jones










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