Norman McLaren Quotes & Sayings

“Animation is not the art of drawings that move but the art of movements that are drawn.”

“Film is changing, and it can't help but keep changing.”

“I like black and white films. I don't exactly know why - probably because there is a stylization which is removed from actual life, unlike a color film.”

“The good moral work of art should have all the qualities that a good amoral work of art should have, such as formal unity, balance, contrast, and a sensitivity to the material out of which it is made.”

“I have tried to preserve in my relationship to the film the same closeness and intimacy that exists between a painter and his canvas.”

“Well rounded forms gives smooth sounds; sharper or angular forms give harder and harsher sounds.”

“In any art movement, the art has to move into a new phase - a filmmaker has a desire to make a film that is not like a previous film.”

“So people will come along and do new things and sometimes return to the spirit of an earlier age.”

“The process of art evolving is always one which has fascinated me.”

“Unless it's done superbly, as in the Japanese film Gate of Hell, color can be a very distracting element.”