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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Type: Artist

Born: April 11th, 1914

Died: January 27th, 1987

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