• Even if you’ve only seen one or two of his

films you can tell his work immediately by

the art style and contrast to the Dr. Seuss

meets Goth Culture appreciation. His

filmography includes work so unique that

the styles show the demographic but most

all of it is done in a light adult way so that

children may enjoy the quality of his work

too.

His background as an animator explains some of the amazing imagery in his movies

which carry out his personal style as if he'd drawn them from

emotion itself.

They are fairy tales for adults and children,

with themes we all deal with blown up to

operatic proportions.

• You always have to feel like it's going

to be the greatest, even if you know

it's going to be a piece of crap.

• One person`s craziness is another

person`s reality.

• When Tim Burton was directing for “Edward Scissorhands,” he said on a behind-the-scenesthat as a teen he was unable to communicate, art was his escape to the outside world.

• This is how Tim Burton views Characterization of a “Lifelike” character, and these show Tim’s vision of himself through a well done view of what “Life-Like” will drive you to do.

• All monster movies are basically one story. It's Beauty and the Beast. Monster movies are my form of myth, of fairy tale. The purpose of folk tales for me is a kind of extreme, symbolic version of life, of what you're going through.

Tim Walter Poe or Edgar Allan Burton?

• Burton states, “I linked those monsters and those Edgar Allan Poe things to direct feelings. I didn't read fairy tales, I watched them.”

• There was no passion for it. No passion for anything. Just a quiet, kind of floaty, kind of semi-oppressive, blank palette that you`re living in.

• To freely express yourself as an artist there are a few things you need to do.

1. Be yourself, don’t be afraid to be shot down because your dream didn’t live up to someone elses expectation.

2. Dream like a child, they are actually the wiser because their minds have not been altered.

3. Always have heart in everything you do.

4. Draw what you feel, not what you see.

5. Even if your ideas are outlandish, draw them and keep up your skills for that style, they will pay off in the long run.

6. Inspiration is key, keep up with your inspirations and allow them to help you inspire others.