105 Quotes by Chuck Jones

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

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.

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.

Anyone can negatively criticize - it is the cheapest of all comment because it requires not a modicum of the effort that suggestion requires.

I have to think as Bugs Bunny, not of Bugs Bunny.

Fog and smog should not be confused and are easily separated by color.

A lion's work hours are only when he's hungry; once he's satisfied, the predator and prey live peacefully together.

The rules are simple. Take your work, but never yourself, seriously. Pour in the love and whatever skill you have, and it will come out.

There is absolutely no inevitability as long as there is the willingness to think.