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Norman McLaren Quotes

Scottish - Artist | April 11, 1914 - January 27, 1987

So people will come along and do new things and sometimes return to the spirit of an earlier age.

Age New Things People New Sometimes

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

Art Animation Move Drawn Movements

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

Relationship Intimacy Canvas Same

The process of art evolving is always one which has fascinated me.

Art Me Process Always Evolving

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.

Life Black And White Color Black Why

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

Drawing Harmony I Can Create More

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.

Quality Intelligence Man Human Spirit

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.

Quality Control More Difficult Size

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

Give Well Smooth Harder Sounds

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

Help Keep Film Changing

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.

Simple Philosophy Canvas Same Brush

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.

Art New Desire Movement Film Move

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