God often gives nuts to toothless people.
Matt Groening

Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.
Walt Disney

The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.
Walt Disney

Creating fantasy is a very personal thing, but you can’t take the process too personally.
Joseph Barbera

I first pitched the idea of doing a series of cartoons based on Bible stories. They didn’t much like it.
Joseph Barbera
All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable.
Walt Disney
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Walt Disney

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
Walt Disney

A lot of people believe that if everybody just did what they were told – obeyed – everything would be fine. But that’s not what life is all about. That’s not real. It’s never going to happen.
Matt Groening

I love the idea that we put in jokes the kids don’t get. And that later, when they grow up and read a few books and go to college and watch the show again, they can get it on a completely different level.
Matt Groening

Living creatively is really important to maintain throughout your life. And living creatively doesn’t mean only artistic creativity, although that’s part of it. It means being yourself, not just complying with the wishes of other people.
Matt Groening

ve never seen bad drawing destroy a good idea. On the other hand, I’ve never seen a good drawing save a bad idea.
Paul Conrad

Most TV shows don’t reward you for paying attention.
Matt Groening