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. ↗

— Ralph Bakshi

#action #animation #classical #closer #give

All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives. ↗

— Ralph Bakshi

#companies #draw #executives #great #guys

Animation is tremendously resilient. Animation will recover, as art always recovers. There's always cycles of good art. ↗

— Ralph Bakshi

#animation #art #cycles #good #good art

As an artist, I want to interpret my feelings - not run across the street and ask what my mother thinks. ↗

— Ralph Bakshi

#artist #ask #feelings #i #interpret

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. ↗

— Ralph Bakshi

#also #animation #art #best #cartooning

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. ↗

— Ralph Bakshi

#animation #children #country #disney #god

Film has to describe and show. ↗

— Ralph Bakshi

#film #show

I am not interested in slickness for the sake of slickness. ↗

— Ralph Bakshi

#i #i am #interested #not interested #sake

I animated 20 years at Terry Toons. It's important to know that animators like pizza and a raise once in a while, and you've got to treat them with love. ↗

— Ralph Bakshi

#animators #got #i #important #know

What's most important in animation is the emotions and the ideas being portrayed. I'm a great believer of energy and emotion. ↗

— Ralph Bakshi

#being #believer #emotion #emotions #energy