Family fun is as necessary to modern living as a kitchen refrigerator.

Cartoonists are untrained artists, while illustrators are more trained.

The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art.

Of all studios that should be doing 2-D animation, it should be Disney.

I'm a car nut. My father was a parts manager at a Chevrolet dealership.

Ghibli is about craftsmanship. They draw characters and put life in it.

Besides, you don't work for a dollar - you work to create and have fun.

But to me what seems to be missing in a lot of portfolios is Cartooning.

We chose the actors thru a series of auditions when we started the show.

What inspires me is when I see something and I say, "I can do that too!"

If you can visualize it, if you can dream it, there's some way to do it.

Sheer animated fantasy is still my first and deepest production impulse.

If you start with character, you probably will end up with good drawings.

If you want a midget to look like a baby, don’t put a cigar in his mouth.

If you want a midget to look like a baby, don't put a cigar in his mouth.

As a kid, I remember hearing about Boba Fett before I even saw Boba Fett.

I cannot say who, precisely, came up with the idea of a Stone Age family.

God is not calling us to work for Him. He is calling us to walk with Him.

Leadership shows judgment, wisdom, personal appeal and proven competence.

But they say if you dream a thing more than once, it's sure to come true.

We are not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other company.

When I'm dead I don't want a funeral. I want people to remember me alive.

Ohana means family - no one gets left behind and no one is ever forgotten.

I've been drawing since I was about 3 and I come from a family of artists.

There's tons of people with talent; it's the system that's all screwed up.

At Pixar, good ideas may be cut from a film, but they are never forgotten.

Growing up, my favorite TV show was 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.', hands down.

My last days at MGM were like the fall of the Roman Empire in fast motion.

I am not interested in what a man can't do. I want to know what he CAN do.

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

One of the big technical advances that's really great looking is the water.

What I love about Goofy is the flesh on his cheeks. You can almost feel it.

Many of the things that seem impossible now will become realities tomorrow.

Most of my life I have done what I wanted to do. I have had fun on the job.

Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.

I grew up in the countryside and wanted to go to Tokyo. I had Tokyo complex.

My life has had a lot of fun moments, but I tend to feel sadness more often.

The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.

Mickey was simply a little personality assigned to the purposes of laughter.

You're dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway.

When I was a kid, I was obsessed with UFOs in particular, and the paranormal.

Animation in itself has so many different looks and styles and possibilities.

The studios will go wherever they smell money. It's like sharks to the blood.

Placing blame in marriage is like saying, 'Your side of the boat is sinking.'

Work is a prayer, and I start off every morning dedicating it to our Creator.

You’re not supposed to animate drawings. You’re supposed to animate feelings.

Someone's been mean to you! Tell me who it is, so I can punch him tastefully.

Here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow, and fantasy.

A lie keeps growing and growing until it's as plain as the nose on your face.

The worst of us is not without innocence, although buried deeply it might be.

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