My mother was a high school ...

My mother was a high school arts teacher, so I was always surrounded by the arts
 John Lasseter

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The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art.
 John Lasseter
Sure, they were simple desk lamps with only a minimal amount of movement, but you could immediately tell that Luxo Jr. was a baby, and that the big one was his mother. In that short little film, computer animation went from a novelty to a serious tool for filmmaking.
 John Lasseter
Disney Infinity gives you the ability to be creative in a way that nobody's ever seen before.
 John Lasseter
I quickly realized that this medium had a lot to offer someone like me. To do Disney-quality hand-drawn cartoons, you have to be a master of two art forms. Seriously, you have to be able to draw like a Leonardo da Vinci or a Michelangelo. But also you have to know movement and timing and control that through 24 frames a second.
 John Lasseter
Slice open one of my veins and cartoons will pour out; open another vein and you'll get a flood of motor oil.
 John Lasseter