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" One of Pixar's key mechanisms is the Braintrust, which we rely on to push us toward excellence and to root out mediocrity. It is our primary delivery system for straight talk. "

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" 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. "

Ed Catmull

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" I know that with most companies that have a lot of success, it tends to throw you off, and you can become more conservative. One of our questions is, How do we keep from being pulled into conservatism because we're afraid of not being successful again? "

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

" Pixar is a community in the true sense of the word. We think that lasting relationships matter, and we share some basic beliefs: Talent is rare. "

" Everything's interconnected. That's the way life is. "

" Encourage people to mingle, meet, and communicate. "

" Linear narrative is an artfully-directed telling of a story, where the lighting and the sound is all for a very clear purpose. You're not just wandering around in the world. "

" We have to evolve, we have to change, and in order to do that, we have to initiate the change. "

" For me, one of the great tragedies is the conclusion studios have drawn about traditional animation. I believe that 2D animation could be just as vital as it ever was. I think the problem has been with the stories. "

" I did like 'Despicable Me.' I thought it was quite good. "

Ed Catmull

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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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" The problem is some of our riskier films just don't make as much money. But if you only make films that will just be commercially successful, then you can also sink yourself as a studio. "

" Outsourcing, in and of itself, isn't responsible for the erosion of America's high tech infrastructure. The short-term thinking that led to a lot of bad outsourcing decisions is the root cause. And short-term thinking isn't a problem confined to the executive suite. It's a problem in Washington and in our society as a whole. "

" It is not the manager's job to prevent risks. It is the manager's job to make it safe to take them. "

" One reason for keeping Disney animation separate from Pixar was that by solving their own problems when they finished a film, Disney could say, 'Nobody bailed us out; we did it.' And it's a very important social thing for them to do that. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When companies are successful or not successful, they almost immediately jump to the wrong conclusions about how they got there or why they got there. "

" What happened in the early days of Disney is that Walt Disney used all of the new technologies as they came out. When matting came out, they adopted it. They adopted sound and color and xerography. Walt did that. And then, when he died, people began to think that this is just about making films, so they stopped bringing in new technologies. "

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

" The trick is, in everything we do, there are things we love. And sometimes the things we love get us stuck. And it's only if we let go of some of those things that we free the movie up to become greater. "

Ed Catmull

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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. "

" I worked closely with Steve Jobs for twenty-six years. To this day, for all that has been written about him, I don't believe that any of it comes close to capturing the man I knew. "

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

" Look at the computer industry. I've watched a lot of companies come and go, some that were right at the pinnacle of their success. "

Ed Catmull

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

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