Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter.

Quote by Chuck Jones

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When critics sit in judgment it is hard to tell where justice leaves off and...

When critics sit in judgment it is hard to tell where justice leaves off and...

We must not confuse distortion with innovation; distortion is useless change, art is beneficial change.

We must not confuse distortion with innovation; distortion is useless change, art is beneficial change.

Anyone can negatively criticize - it is the cheapest of all comment because it requires...

Anyone can negatively criticize - it is the cheapest of all comment because it requires...

Painting does what we cannot do - it brings a three-dimensional world into a two-dimensional...

Painting does what we cannot do - it brings a three-dimensional world into a two-dimensional...

The only thing an adult can give a child is time.

The only thing an adult can give a child is time.

Human beings will line up for miles to buy a bucket of catastrophes, but don't...

Human beings will line up for miles to buy a bucket of catastrophes, but don't...

There's only one test of a great children's book, or a great children's film, and...

There's only one test of a great children's book, or a great children's film, and...

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

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

Well, directing is doing the key drawings, not the key animation, mind you.

Well, directing is doing the key drawings, not the key animation, mind you.

Each character represented a trait that resides in me.

Each character represented a trait that resides in me.

The older I get, the more individuality I find in animals and the less I...

The older I get, the more individuality I find in animals and the less I...

The only time a wife listens to her husband is when he's asleep.

The only time a wife listens to her husband is when he's asleep.

In 1918, when I was 6 or 7 years old, radio was just coming into...

In 1918, when I was 6 or 7 years old, radio was just coming into...

I'm still astonished that somebody would offer me a job and pay me to do...

I'm still astonished that somebody would offer me a job and pay me to do...

The whole essence of good drawing - and of good thinking, perhaps - is to...

The whole essence of good drawing - and of good thinking, perhaps - is to...

I have come to know Bugs so well that I no longer have to think...

I have come to know Bugs so well that I no longer have to think...

Comedy is a very, very, very stringent business.

Comedy is a very, very, very stringent business.

Early experiences convinced me that animals can and do have quite distinct personalities.

Early experiences convinced me that animals can and do have quite distinct personalities.

If you want a midget to look like a baby, don't put a cigar in...

If you want a midget to look like a baby, don't put a cigar in...

Disney was not a good animator, he didn't draw well at all, but he was...

Disney was not a good animator, he didn't draw well at all, but he was...