“At first the cartoon medium was just a novelty, but it never really began to hit until we had more than tricks... until we developed personalities. We had to get beyond getting a laugh. They may roll in the aisles, but that doesn't mean you have a great picture. You have pathos in the thing.” FirstsMayMeanLaughingPersonalityTricksMediumsCartoonAnimationNoveltyAislePathos Author:Walt Disney
“I would just like to mention Robert Houdin who in the eighteenth century invented the vanishing birdcage trick and the theater matinee - may he rot and perish. Good afternoon.” MayCenturyTheaterTricksAfternoonVanishingGood Afternoon Author:Orson Welles