Author: Norman McLaren

Quotes

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.

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

I have tried to preserve in my relationship to the film the same closeness and intimacy that exists between a painter and his canvas.

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

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

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

- Norman McLaren

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.

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

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.

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.

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

- Norman McLaren

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