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" In the early 1970s, I headed to graduate school at the University of Utah and joined the pioneering program in computer graphics because I realized that's where I could combine my interests in art and computer science. "

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" We have a whole industry which is gigantic: games. Games is very successful. It's its own art form, though, and it's not the same as a linear narrative. "

Ed Catmull

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" If you put out 20 films, you hope that a number are successful. It's like human reproduction versus frog reproduction. Frogs produce thousands and hope a few succeed. Humans don't produce many babies but put a lot of energy into them, which is kind of where we are. They still don't always succeed, but you try a lot harder. "

" I started off life at Pixar with interesting technical problems. But as time has moved on, I found that the social and management problem was far more complex and interesting. "

" I apply the term 'creativity' broadly... it's problem solving. We are all faced with problems, and we have to address them and think of something new, and that's where creativity comes in. "

" The desire to avoid meltdowns actually is one of the things that screws up live-action films. "

" A movie contains literally tens of thousands of ideas. They're in the form of every sentence; in the performance of each line; in the design of characters, sets, and backgrounds; in the locations of the camera; in the colors, the lighting, the pacing. "

" Every one of our films, when we start off, they suck... our job is to take it from something that sucks to something that doesn't suck. That's the hard part. "

" Believe me, sequels are just as hard to make as original films. "

" One term that's used in this industry a lot is this notion of 'feeding the beast.' You've got all of these people whose livelihoods are dependent on it. There are enormous pressures to keep material going into it, and the pressures to feed it are not irrational. They're the basis of your business. "

" I liked the first 'Kung Fu Panda.' "

" At heart, we believe that the films that work well are the films that do touch people emotionally. "

" In life,you're going to have risk, so you have to say, 'My attitude going forward is how to I fix the problem.' And it's not trying to cling onto the past. When I look around, most problems happen because people are trying to cling onto the past. "

" It is only by trying new things that we can hope to create products that are original. Don't just say those words; act like you believe them. "

" Are the Simpsons cool? They are, and that is crude 2D animation. "

" I don't think most of our films should be realistic, but you want that as an artistic possibility. Then, the artist can take the realism of the world and push it in ways that we can connect with. "

" We need to remember we're always a lot more wrong than we think. "

" Programmers are very creative people. And animators are problem solvers, just as programmers are. "

" The need to challenge the status quo is just more obvious when you're failing than when you're succeeding. But it's no less urgent. "

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" My best advice came by examples. A supportive environment at home, school, and grad school. Support at the New York Institute of Technology, then George Lucas, Steve Jobs, and Bob Iger. The examples meant that I should support other people, even when things aren't going well. It will pay off. "

" Sometimes a leap of faith doesn't pan out. "

" The skill of a good creative leader is being comfortable with blowing up an idea and knowing it will get better. "

" Candor is the key to collaborating effectively. Lack of candor leads to dysfunctional environments. "

" With every one of our films, we try to touch emotions, but we don't try to touch the same emotions each time. "

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

" We'll fund a project even if I'm skeptical because I'd rather be proven wrong by somebody on the inside than by somebody on the outside. "

" I can't look at 'WALL-E' or 'Finding Nemo' or 'Up' and look at in the same way as people outside of the company would look at it. Each one of them had angst. "

" When I was in high school in the early 1960s, I wanted to be an animator and even took art classes. But by the time I was in college, I realized I couldn't draw well enough. "

" When I see a film, I'll remember that there was a time when it wasn't working, and there was some pain and angst in order to get it to work. "

" Lucasfilm has always had an openness to technology. "

" At Pixar, we believe strongly that filmmakers should develop ideas they are passionate about. This may sound like a no-brainer, but in fact in Hollywood, the big movie studios have whole departments devoted to acquiring and developing projects that will only later be paired with a director-for-hire. "