Chuck Jones > Quotes

“Every artist has thousands of bad drawings in them and the only way to get rid of them is to draw them out.”
― Chuck Jones

“Eschew the ordinary, disdain the commonplace. If you have a single-minded need for something, let it be the unusual, the esoteric, the bizarre, the unexpected.”
― Chuck Jones

“A lion's work hours are only when he's hungry, once he's satisfied the predator and prey live peacefully together”
― Chuck Jones

“Humiliation and indifference, these are conditions every one of us finds unbearable — this is why the Coyote when falling is more concerned with the audience’s opinion of him than he is with the inevitable result of too much gravity.”
― Chuck Jones, Stroke of Genius: A Collection of Paintings and Musings on Life, Love and Art

“If you make a fool of yourself in front of a cat, he will sneer at you, if you are sober; he will leave the room if you are drunk. If you make a fool of yourself in front a dog, he will make a fool of himself, too.”
― Chuck Jones

“You've got a million bad drawings in you; you better get started.”
― Chuck Jones

“All of you have one hundred thousand bad drawings in you. The sooner you get rid of them, the better it will be for everyone.”
― Chuck Jones

“The road is better than the end.”
― Chuck Jones

“We must all start with the believable. That is the essence of our craft. All drama, all comedy, all artistry stems from the believable, which gives us as solid a rock as anyone could ask from which to seek humor.”
― Chuck Jones, Stroke of Genius: A Collection of Paintings and Musings on Life, Love and Art

“Often Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.”
― Chuck Jones

“Tex’s instruction to an associate, after breaking wind: “Catch that one and paint it green.”
― Chuck Jones, Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist

“I can’t understand why you’re writing scripts for Bugs Bunny,” the old lady replied with some asperity. “He’s funny enough just as he is.”
― Chuck Jones, Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist