Norman McLaren Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“By drawing or exposing two or more patterns on the same bit of film I can create harmony and textual effects.”

“But it has, in addition, an even more precious quality - a consciousness of the human intelligence, the human spirit and that man is a social creature.”

“The number of strokes to the inch controls the pitch of the note: the more, the higher the pitch; the fewer, the lower the pitch, the size of the stroke controls the loudness... the tone quality is the most difficult element to control, it is made by the shape of the strokes.”

“And so my militant philosophy is this: to make with a brush on canvas is a simple direct delight-to make with the movie is the same.”

“Take a film of Jacques Tati like Mon Oncle which has something quite new - for me, unique - in it.”

“I don't know whether it ever comes back to the same thing; it does return to the spirit of a previous period in some way, but it's different, it's new.”