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Chuck Jones was an American animator, director, and producer, best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series. Iconic characters such as Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner, and Marvin the Martian were created under his direction. He became a legendary figure in the history of animation and continues to inspire generations of artists. Here are 44 of his quotes:

Comedy is a very, very, very stringent business. (Chuck Jones)
There is absolutely no inevitability as long as there is the willingness to think. View quote
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Each character represented a trait that resides in me. View quote
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I started reading when I was about three, a little over three. View quote
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We must not confuse distortion with innovation; distortion is useless change, art is beneficial change. View quote
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Well, directing is doing the key drawings, not the key animation, mind you. View quote
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Early experiences convinced me that animals can and do have quite distinct personalities. View quote
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In 1918, when I was 6 or 7 years old, radio was just coming into use in the Great War. View quote
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I don't mind people admiring me if they want to but I don't think it's very logical. It's not like I was St. George knocking off some dumb dragon or anything like that. First of all, you're talking about something I did a long, long time ago. Secondly, we were doing things that were not expected to last a lifetime. We figured they'd last about three years and then disappear forever. Remember there was no television back then and no place for the cartoons to go after they left the theaters. But I'm not trying to demean what we did. I always took the work very seriously and I'm proud to have been associated with the work we did. It's just that adulation is impractical and makes me uncomfortable. Nobody noticed us back then. Nobody called us geniuses. And we didn't feel like artists. We were just trying to make people laugh. View quote
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The only time a wife listens to her husband is when he's asleep. View quote
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Mark Twain's Roughing It is a book that many people don't know about, but I highly recommend to anybody at any age. (Chuck Jones)
If you want a midget to look like a baby, don't put a cigar in his mouth. View quote
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The author O. Henry taught me about the value of the unexpected. He once wrote about the noise of flowers and the smell of birds - the birds were chickens and the flowers dried sunflowers rattling against a wall. View quote
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Painting does what we cannot do - it brings a three-dimensional world into a two-dimensional plane. View quote
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Disney was not a good animator, he didn't draw well at all, but he was always a great idea man, and a good writer. View quote
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Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity. View quote
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The Coyote is limited, as Bugs is limited, by his anatomy. View quote
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I have come to know Bugs so well that I no longer have to think about what he is doing in any situation. View quote
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The only thing an adult can give a child is time. View quote
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Chuck Jones

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Photo: Photo is done by Alan Light, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: American Animator
Born: September 21, 1912
Died: February 22, 2002
Quotes count: 44
Wikipedia: Chuck Jones

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