Norman McLaren Quotes

Well rounded forms gives smooth sounds; sharper or angular forms give harder and harsher sounds.

Unless it’s done superbly, as in the Japanese film Gate of Hell, color can be a very distracting element.

The number of strokes to the inch controls the pitch of the note: the more, the higher the pitch; the fewer, the lower the pitch, the size of the stroke controls the loudness… the tone quality is the most difficult element to control, it is made by the shape of the strokes.

The good moral work of art should have all the qualities that a good amoral work of art should have, such as formal unity, balance, contrast, and a sensitivity to the material out of which it is made.

Take a film of Jacques Tati like Mon Oncle which has something quite new – for me, unique – in it.