Quotes of Norman McLaren - somelinesforyou

“ 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

“ 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

“ If I find a film dull, I find it infinitely more entertaining to watch the scratches. ”

- Norman McLaren

“ Well rounded forms gives smooth sounds; sharper or angular forms give harder and harsher sounds. ”

- Norman McLaren

“ Film is changing, and it can't help but keep changing. ”

- Norman McLaren

“ If I find a film dull, I find it infinitely more entertaining to watch the scratches. ”

- Norman McLaren

“ 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

“ 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

“ Film is changing, and it can't help but keep changing. ”

- Norman McLaren

“ The process of art evolving is always one which has fascinated me. ”

- Norman McLaren

“ So people will come along and do new things and sometimes return to the spirit of an earlier age. ”

- Norman McLaren

“ Take a film of Jacques Tati like Mon Oncle which has something quite new - for me, unique - in it. ”

- Norman McLaren

“ Unless it's done superbly, as in the Japanese film Gate of Hell, color can be a very distracting element. ”

- Norman McLaren

“ Unless it's done superbly, as in the Japanese film Gate of Hell, color can be a very distracting element. ”

- Norman McLaren

“ If I find a film dull, I find it infinitely more entertaining to watch the scratches. ”

- Norman McLaren

“ If I find a film dull, I find it infinitely more entertaining to watch the scratches. ”

- Norman McLaren

“ If I find a film dull, I find it infinitely more entertaining to watch the scratches. ”

- Norman McLaren

“ 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

“ 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

“ Well rounded forms gives smooth sounds; sharper or angular forms give harder and harsher sounds. ”

- Norman McLaren

“ Film is changing, and it can't help but keep changing. ”

- Norman McLaren

“ If I find a film dull, I find it infinitely more entertaining to watch the scratches. ”

- Norman McLaren

“ Well rounded forms gives smooth sounds; sharper or angular forms give harder and harsher sounds. ”

- Norman McLaren

“ 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

“ So people will come along and do new things and sometimes return to the spirit of an earlier age. ”

- Norman McLaren

“ 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

“ Take a film of Jacques Tati like Mon Oncle which has something quite new - for me, unique - in it. ”

- Norman McLaren

“ Well rounded forms gives smooth sounds; sharper or angular forms give harder and harsher sounds. ”

- Norman McLaren

“ 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

“ Take a film of Jacques Tati like Mon Oncle which has something quite new - for me, unique - in it. ”

- Norman McLaren
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