“What's most important in animation is the emotions and the ideas being portrayed. I'm a great believer of energy and emotion.” ImportantIdeasEnergyEmotionBelieverAnimation Author:Ralph Bakshi
“The rise of anime had to happen. If the Japanese could tell better American stories, it would go through the roof. They still tell stories which are very much oriental. I take my hat off to them.” IfsStillsStoriesHappensHatsRoofAnimationAnimeHats Off Author:Ralph Bakshi
“Live action writers will give you a structure, but who the hell is talking about structure? Animation is closer to jazz than some kind of classical stage structure.” GivingKindActionTalkingHellStageStructureJazzAnimationBedtime Author:Ralph Bakshi
“Animation is tremendously resilient. Animation will recover, as art always recovers. There's always cycles of good art.” ArtCyclesAnimationResilientGood Art Author:Ralph Bakshi
“Cartooning at its best is a fine art. I'm a cartoonist who works in the medium of animation, which also allows me to paint my cartoons.” ArtFinePaintMediumsCartoonAnimationFine ArtsCartoonist Author:Ralph Bakshi
“I miss animation very passionately. Not continuously, but every once in a while I would die to do another film.” FilmDiesMissingAnimation Author:Ralph Bakshi
“Disney had such a hold on the mind of America-they were Adolf Hitler. The whole country thought Disney was some sort of god and that animation was some sort of pure thing for children.” MindChildrenCountryWholeAmericaPureAnimationHolding On Author:Ralph Bakshi
“I'm having the same problems today that I had when I first started, saying that outrageous adult animation works.” FirstsProblemTodayAdultsAnimationOutrageousUkulele Author:Ralph Bakshi
“Look what Disney's done to their animation department. There wasn't an animator in charge of their animation unit!” LooksDoneDepartmentUnitsAnimationAnimator Author:Ralph Bakshi
“One of the best animated films I've seen come out of Disney was the Tarzan movie. I wasn't crazy about the story or the design on Tarzan's face, but the traditional animation was spectacular.” StoriesFilmFacesCrazyDesignTraditionalAnimationSpectacularAnimatedAnimated FilmsTarzan Movie Author:Ralph Bakshi
