And so my militant philosophy is this: to make with a brush on canvas is a simple direct delight-to make with the movie is the same. Norman McLaren More Quotes by Norman McLaren More Quotes From Norman McLaren Animation is not the art of drawings that move but the art of movements that are drawn. Norman McLaren drawing art moving The good moral work of art should have all the qualities that a good amoral work of art should have, such as formal unity, balance, contrast, and a sensitivity to the material out of which it is made. Norman McLaren unity should-have art In any art movement, the art has to move into a new phase - a filmmaker has a desire to make a film that is not like a previous film. Norman McLaren desire art moving Take a film of Jacques Tati like Mon Oncle which has something quite new - for me, unique - in it. Norman McLaren take-me film unique I have tried to preserve in my relationship to the film the same closeness and intimacy that exists between a painter and his canvas. Norman McLaren hypnosis canvas art The number of strokes to the inch controls the pitch of the note: the more, the higher the pitch; the fewer, the lower the pitch, the size of the stroke controls the loudness... the tone quality is the most difficult element to control, it is made by the shape of the strokes. Norman McLaren elements quality numbers Well rounded forms gives smooth sounds; sharper or angular forms give harder and harsher sounds. Norman McLaren smooth sound giving Animation is manipulating the difference. Norman McLaren animation differences Unless it's done superbly, as in the Japanese film Gate of Hell, color can be a very distracting element. Norman McLaren elements color done So people will come along and do new things and sometimes return to the spirit of an earlier age. Norman McLaren return age people The process of art evolving is always one which has fascinated me. Norman McLaren evolve process art By drawing or exposing two or more patterns on the same bit of film I can create harmony and textual effects. Norman McLaren patterns drawing two I like black and white films. I don't exactly know why - probably because there is a stylization which is removed from actual life, unlike a color film. Norman McLaren black-and-white film color Film is changing, and it can't help but keep changing. Norman McLaren changing keep help film I don't know whether it ever comes back to the same thing; it does return to the spirit of a previous period in some way, but it's different, it's new. Norman McLaren new back know way But it has, in addition, an even more precious quality - a consciousness of the human intelligence, the human spirit and that man is a social creature. Norman McLaren precious man intelligence quality
