Raphael Bob-Waksberg Quotes

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

I've loved all forms of animation.

I used to animate. I started in animation, and you'd end every day with at least one substantive contribution.

I quickly realized that this medium had a lot to offer someone like me. To do Disney-quality hand-drawn cartoons, you have to be a master of two art forms. Seriously, you have to be able to draw like a Leonardo da Vinci or a Michelangelo. But also you have to know movement and timing and control that through 24 frames a second.

Animation has completely changed, and I've always been a big fan.

I miss animation very passionately. Not continuously, but every once in a while I would die to do another film.

Animation is a technique, not a genre.

Hand-drawn animation is something that I feel really strongly about. A Pixar movie may be really great, but it looks like it was drawn by a machine.

I always wanted to do an animated movie. I find it to be incredibly liberating as a way of telling a story.

Animation is the only thing I ever wanted to do in my whole life. I have no desire for live-action or anything else.

I love great animation.

I always wanted to do animation.

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

When I was younger, I was hopefully going to do animation and special effects.

At that time, the people that were in the animated film business were mostly guys who were unsuccessful newspaper cartoonists. In other words, their ability to draw living things was practically nil.

People, they think that animation is a style. Animation is just a technique. It's like, people, they think that comics is a style, like comics is a superhero story. Comic is just a narration, and is a medium, you can say any kind of story in comics and you can say of any kind of story in animation.

When I started work with LucasArts Computer Division back in 1984, I went to the Palace of Fine Arts and saw the Festival of Animation for the first time. I loved the diverse collection of animated films the festival held.

There's always room out there for the hand-drawn image. I personally like the imperfection of hand drawing as opposed to the slick look of computer animation. But you can do good stuff either way. The Pixar movies are amazing in what they do, but there's plenty of independent animators who are doing really amazing things as well.

Animation translates well to a small screen. When you look at Walt Disney or Chuck Jones - you know, Bugs Bunny - there really isn't any difference if you watch on a very big screen or a computer screen.

It's amazing what they can do with animation nowadays. It's really beautiful. The 3D stuff is out of hand.

Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals.

I've always loved animation and animated films.

I like animation: you can go to work in your pyjamas.

I learned a lot about 3D animation from and with my dear friend Michael Hemschoot of Workerstudio. Taught me that I want to play more with animation and image manipulation. Fun stuff!

I've always wanted to be an animator. That's an ultimate art form, right there.