Eschew The Ordinary, Disdain The

The Rules Are Simple. Take Your Work, But Never Yourself, Seriously. Pour In The Love And Whatever Skill You Have, And It Will Come Out.

Every Great Artist Must Begin By Learning To Draw With The Single Line, And My Advice To Young Animators Is To Learn How To Live With That Razor-sharp Instrument Or Art. An Artist Who Comes To Me With Eight Or Ten Good Drawings Of The Human Figure In Simple Lines Has A Good Chance Of Being Hired. But I Will Tell The Artist Who Comes With A Bunch Of Drawings Of Bugs Bunny To Go Back And Learn How To Draw The Human Body. An Artist Who Knows That Can Learn How To Draw Anything, Including Bugs Bunny.

The Older I Get, The More Individuality I Find In Animals And The Less I Find In Humans.

We Must Not Confuse Distortion With Innovation; Distortion Is Useless Change, Art Is Beneficial Change.

The Whole Essence Of Good Drawing - And Of Good Thinking, Perhaps - Is To Work A Subject Down To The Simplest Form Possible And Still Have It Believable For What It Is Meant To Be.