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Chuck Jones was an American animator, director, and producer, renowned for his distinctive animation style and the creation of iconic cartoon characters. His works include many classic Looney Tunes shorts, such as 'Daffy Duck' and 'The Three Bears'. Jones' contributions to the animation industry extended beyond his creative genius, including his innovative approaches to animation art and technology.

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Famous Chuck Jones Quotes

“Everything on Saturday morning [cartoons] moves alike that's one of the reasons it's not animation. The drawings are different, but everybody acts the same way, their feet move the same way, and everybody runs the same way. It doesn't matter whether it's an alligator or a man or a baby or anything, they all move the same.”

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Author:Chuck Jones

“In timing a film, we used to assume that sneaks move slowly. This was great for animators-thirty-six to forty-eight drawings for a single step-but it was sheer hell for the pace of the picture. So the rapid tiptoe was invented.”

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“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.”

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“When a young artist asked me for advice on drawing the human foot, I told him, ‘The first thing you must learn is how to take your shoe off, and then how to take your sock off, then prop your leg up carefully on your other knee, take a piece of paper, and draw your foot.’”

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“Every artist has thousands of bad drawings in them and the only way to get rid of them is to draw them out.”

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“If you start with character, you probably will end up with good drawings.”

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“You've got a million bad drawings in you; you better get started.”

Millions Drawing

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“All of you here have one hundred thousand bad drawings in you. The sooner you get rid of them, the better it will be for everyone.”

Thousand Hundred Drawing

Book:Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist

Source: Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist

“Well, directing is doing the key drawings, not the key animation, mind you.”

Mind Wells Keys Drawing Animation

Book:Chuck Jones: Conversations

Source: Chuck Jones: Conversations

“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.”

About the Author

Born: September 21, 1912
Died: February 22, 2002
Known for: Animator
Quotes: 65

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