Norman McLaren Quotes

Norman McLaren — Scottish Artist born on April 11, 1914, died on January 27, 1987

Norman McLaren, CC, CQ was a Scottish-born British/Canadian animator, director and producer known for his work for the National Film Board of Canada. He was a pioneer in a number of areas of animation and filmmaking, including hand-drawn animation, drawn-on-film animation, visual music, abstract film, pixilation and graphical sound... (wikipedia)

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

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.

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

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.

Norman McLaren Quotes

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