John Lasseter Quotes

When you're in the editing process, you try different things and you get creative ideas.

You can't buy something which does not exist. In a way, let's make things exist and then judge later. Don't cancel the process of creativity too early; let it flow.

People ask me, 'Don't you ever run out of ideas?' Well, on the first place, I don't use ideas. Every time I have an idea, it's too limiting and usually turns out to be a disappointment. But I haven't run out of curiosity.

I'll stop when I run out of ideas.

The answer to the question "where do good ideas come from" is always the same, the come from bad ideas. If you come up with 20 bad ideas you get one good one.

After you produce you can select. you can curate. you can censor. But for now, have bad ideas, lots and lots of bad ideas.

You can't have good ideas unless you have lots of ideas.

To create something new is both thrilling and excruciating at the same time. It's great to have all these choices in front of you, and to have the writers in the room so you know exactly what they meant. But the downside is you want so badly not to screw it up!

I have four or five ideas that just keep floating around and I want to kind of just let one - like a beautiful butterfly, let it land somewhere.

I go into the whole composer thing quite open to keep on going and keep on trying different things because you never know... the next idea you have might be the one.

I pick up inspiration from everywhere and it all manages to keep stored in my brain somewhere.

I come in. I'm going to sketch, I'm going to drape, I don't know what I'm going to do.

I think we always move from imitation to assimilation to innovation, but I can't name you 20 people outside those we've already recognized who ever got to point three: innovation.

As I get on and films take four years to complete, I tend to have a hankering for very short projects so you can move on to the next idea. It's the ideas I'm interested in. What comes out of your head.

I would worry if I wasn't coming up with ideas, if I wasn't inspired.

You have a lot of ideas …. I want them so I can test them.

Sometimes the best ideas will come in the least inspiring places.

It's a must to continually stay alert and aware because ideas come from everywhere. And beyond relying on your fine-tuned radar to pick up on the next inspiration, consider seeking mentors.

Not all ideas are like a twinkling star in the sky, and you get inspired to make a record the next day.

Nothing, believe me, nothing is more satisfying to me personally than getting a great idea and then beatin' it to death.

Good ideas come from bad ideas, but only if there are enough of them.

But how shall I get ideas? ''Keep your wits open! Observe! Observe! Study! Study! But above all, Think! Think! And when a noble image is indelibly impressed upon the mind - Act!

Great ideas come from everywhere if you just listen and look for them. You never know who's going to have a great idea.

I can't really say - if I've run out of ideas until I've had my next set of ideas.

Do as many ideas as possible. The right idea will pick you.