Open a magazine from the 1930s and '40s and look at the illustrations in it. There's nobody alive that could touch the way they could draw back then. John Kricfalusi More Quotes by John Kricfalusi More Quotes From John Kricfalusi I think we are destroying the minds of America and that has been one of my lifelong ambitions. John Kricfalusi ambition america thinking I find it very hard to sit down and create an idea or especially a new character on command. Usually my characters evolve by accident out of some story context. John Kricfalusi stories character ideas Schools are really bad now. Schools are not only bad in reading, writing and arithmetic, they're worse in cultural aspects, like in music and art. They don't teach you anything. John Kricfalusi reading teaching art I don't really know what the average person thinks about animation. I think the average person thinks that it's made by cartoonists - and it used to be. When people think of The Simpsons, they think of Matt Groening. They don't think of whoever the 200 writers are. John Kricfalusi animation people thinking Kids cannot follow stories. They don't know what the hell is going on in a cartoon. They like to see funny visual things happening. John Kricfalusi funny-things cartoon kids George Liquor is really the richest character I have. I'm amazed there aren't 365 episodes about him on TV already. John Kricfalusi liquor tvs character There's tons of people with talent; it's the system that's all screwed up. John Kricfalusi screwed-up talent people I used to watch nature shows and laugh at them. Everyone thought I was crazy. "Why are you laughing at a nature show?" Isn't it beautiful? Isn't it beautiful watching hyenas eat their young? This was crazy! What's beautiful about nature is just insane. A bunch of crazy stuff happening. John Kricfalusi crazy beautiful laughing To make something look real and alive, nothing can be symmetrical because nothing in real life is symmetrical. You have to make it look organic. John Kricfalusi alive real looks From 20 years of experience hiring artists out of the schools, I know-they get worse every year. They're absolutely ridiculously retarded now. John Kricfalusi artist years school I don t think cartoons are only for kids, but I think kids will love anything as long as it's visually interesting. John Kricfalusi long kids thinking There are artists who are writers, but there was no such thing as cartoons that were written by somebody who couldn't draw. John Kricfalusi cartoon artist Not all cartoon humor is just about having bugged-out eyes and tongues flying out of people's heads. John Kricfalusi flying eye people Joe Barbera's s always complaining that he can't get humor into cartoons anymore. Just do it. You've got your money. Why do they let the networks run their lives? John Kricfalusi humor cartoon running In old movies, the cinematography is a thousand times better than anything today. Writing, a thousand times better. John Kricfalusi old-movie writing today Drawing a funny animal, you don't need a lot of detail to make it work. But to draw a sexy girl, there's certain things you can't leave out. John Kricfalusi sexy girl animal If you're a kid wanting to be a cartoonist today, and you're looking at Family Guy, you don't have to aim very high. John Kricfalusi family-guy today kids Modern animated movies are the products not of anyone’s individual vision, but rather a scattered accumulation of compromises made out of fear by members of large committees. John Kricfalusi modern vision compromise One guy records the voices, another guy times the storyboard, another guy times the sheets, one guy is the story editor. All these jobs should be covered by the director. John Kricfalusi editors voice jobs When you're animating a music video, you have to animate to some set music. You're somewhat restricted by that, but you're also inspired by that. The animation becomes secondary if you're animating to a music video. Either way, it's important. Music has really helped my animation, that's for sure. John Kricfalusi animation inspired important
