102 Quotes by Edwin Catmull

I love solving the problems of having groups work together and removing barriers. But to actually turn around and be in the center of that is an awkward place to be.

It’s pretty popular today to say that everybody should learn to fail and that failure’s a good thing. Intellectually, it’s an obvious thing. But in fact, it gets conflated with another meaning of failure, so when we grow up as kids, failing in school was a really bad thing.

I actually feel awkward being at the center of attention.

The need to challenge the status quo is just more obvious when you're failing than when you're succeeding. But it's no less urgent.

Candor is the key to collaborating effectively. Lack of candor leads to dysfunctional environments.

We need to remember we're always a lot more wrong than we think.

Sometimes a leap of faith doesn't pan out.

One of Pixar's key mechanisms is the Braintrust, which we rely on to push us toward excellence and to root out mediocrity. It is our primary delivery system for straight talk.

A hallmark of a healthy creative culture is that its people feel free to share ideas, opinions, and criticisms. Our decision-making is better when we draw on the collective knowledge and unvarnished opinions of the group.