Edwin Catmull Quotes

In Hollywood, they think drawn animation doesn't work anymore, computers are the way. They forget that the reason computers are the way is that Pixar makes good movies. So everybody tries to copy Pixar. They're relying too much on the technology and not enough on the artists.

Pixar has invented much of computer animation as it's known today, and I've been very lucky to be the first traditional animator to work with computer animation.

What's happened with computer technology is perfectly timed for someone with my set of skills. I tell stories with pictures. What I love about CGI is that if I can think it, it can be put on the screen.

We can do things that we never could before. Stop-motion lets you build tiny little worlds, and computers make that world even more believable.

Sure, they were simple desk lamps with only a minimal amount of movement, but you could immediately tell that Luxo Jr. was a baby, and that the big one was his mother. In that short little film, computer animation went from a novelty to a serious tool for filmmaking.

A lot of people have helped me along the way. But you know the biggest thing for me was when computer animation came along.

I think Pixar's done an amazing job integrating art and science. They really get this idea that art and engineering work side by side.

When we made 'Toy Story,' journalists were more interested in talking about the technique because it was so new and unknown, and we just wanted to talk about the story.

As I look back on my career, I had a goal, which was to build the first feature computer-animated film.

I play a lot of computer games. I love computer graphics. I've had Pixar in me for a long time.

Pixar is the most technically advanced creative company; Apple is the most creatively advanced technical company.

Actually, no, but I am close to the people who are working on Chicken Little, and I'm very close to the people over at Pixar. I mean, as far as stories are concerned, almost everything we have could be told that way.

The days when you needed amazing Silicon Graphics machines to run animation software are gone now.

The idea of an animated film is you always kind of get a little bit daunted by it as a filmmaker because it feels like a lot of your communication is going to be with computer artists, and you're going to have to kind of channel the movie through extra pairs of hands.

What I love about new technology is that it really pushes the art. It really pushes it in a way that you can't imagine until you come up with the idea. It's idea-based. You can do anything.

I think it reflects well on the state of animation that people are knowledgeable about it and love the fantasy and imagination that goes into it.

Sci-fi films are the epic films of the day because we can no longer put 10,000 extras in the scene - but we can draw thousands of aliens with computers.

It's amazing what they can do with animation nowadays. It's really beautiful. The 3D stuff is out of hand.

I love the 3D revolution. I love the technology today that continues to push the envelope, continues break the new ground, and continues to raise the bar.

I think it's the most extraordinary studio around. I would love to do my next project with Pixar.

Since we made Shrek in the digital format, you actually can see it in its purest form digitally.

The 'Star Wars' universe is full of technological and cutting-edge effects, which Base FX will be a wonderful partner to create with.

Everybody involved in Pixar, I've not met one person who's not incredibly creative and nice and lovely and know what they're doing.

The great thing about computer animation is that all of those environments exist as three-dimensional worlds, so these VR worlds already exist.

'Coco' is shaping up to be one of the most beautiful films we've made.