Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Happy 100th Birthday, Frank Thomas!




When asked whether Frank considers himself a romantic:
"Yes, don't you? Aren't we all? You'd have trouble defining what a romantic is, but I think it has a lot to do , to me, living with your dreams and dreaming quite a bit about connections between things. Trees, the sky, the grasses, the birds, the animals and you being a part of the whole thing. 
A realist would have trouble with some of those concepts, but if you get into an imaginary field like animation, you'd better come equipped with that kind of nonsense."

11 comments:

  1. Andreas, how would you describe Frank Thomas as a person, in or outside of the Disney studio?

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  2. Dear Andreaus, I saw this drawing you made on a animation auction site. A nice way to thank your teacher/ inspiration

    http://auction.howardlowery.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=2686045

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  3. ~That~ is a beautiful quote. ';)

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  4. great man, but a legend, his works and creations were the best, is a man who will live in our hearts forever ...

    best regards from Elian - juegos de autos

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  5. Happy belated birthday to one of the best animators to ever do it.

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  6. Guess all that dreaming in your school days will eventually pay off :D

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  7. I feel grateful to Frank Thomas for two great gifts he made. First, for his beautifully and thoughtfully animated characters. And second, for his work on passing his knowledge to everybody who wanted to learn to animation, including the book written with Ollie Johnston and all smaller publications, films and interviews.

    I felt a need to say that, because just today my copy of Frank and Ollie's "Illusion of Life" got delivered! I'm so happy and impatient to read it :)

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  8. That is so true. Thank you for sharing this.

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