Ralph Bakshi Quotes

Ralph Bakshi — American Director born on October 29, 1938,

Ralph Bakshi is an American director of animated and live-action films. In the 1970s, he established an alternative to mainstream animation through independent and adult-oriented productions. Between 1972 and 1992, he directed nine theatrically released feature films, five of which he wrote. He has been involved in numerous television projects as director, writer, producer and animator... (wikipedia)

Cartooning at its best is a fine art. I'm a cartoonist who works in the medium of animation, which also allows me to paint my cartoons.

Wizards was my homage to Tolkien in the American idiom. I had read Tolkien, understood Tolkien, and wanted to do a sort of fantasy for American kids, and that was Wizards.

Animation is tremendously resilient. Animation will recover, as art always recovers. There's always cycles of good art.

I had the X rating on my films. Now they do as much on The Simpsons as I got an X rating for Fritz the Cat.

What's most important in animation is the emotions and the ideas being portrayed. I'm a great believer of energy and emotion.