Rick Baker: "He didn't just move his puppets,

he gave them life, he gave them a soul. 

Ray Bradbury: "I met his dinosaurs in his garage,

and I said Oh God it's incredible!"

Tim Burton: "You always feel the hand of an artist with him".

James Cameron: "I love Ray Harryhausen's films.

Those were huge influence on me as a kid." 

Randy Cook: "His legacy is carried in the DNA of so many film fans."

Joe Dante: "That kind of films fascinated me."

Guillermo del Toro: "Ray created worlds of beauty and creatures

of beauty that were as classical as Doré's gravings."

Terry Gilliam: "It's like God creating Adam. He takes clay,

and he gives it life, and then it breathes. And Ray did that!"

Peter Jackson: "His patience, his endurance

has inspired so many of us."

Jean-Pierre Jeunet: "We were a bunch of animation lovers,

fans of Ray Harryhausen."

John Landis: "The creatures he made are hugely influencial on

generations of filmmakers who are now making movies."

  John Lasseter: "He really becomed one of

the godfathers of dimensionnal animation."

  Peter Lord: "Ray Harryhausen was doing things

that nobody else was doing at that time."

Caroline Munro: "Working with Ray Harryhausen was the most

amazing experience for me."

Dennis Muren: "Top people in filmmaking today

grew up watching Ray's movies."

Nick Park: "I think Ray Harryhausen is really the grandfather

of stop-frame animation."

Ken Ralston

Henry Selick: "His monsters have a heart,

his monsters are charming."

Steven Spielberg: "Ray, you're inspiration goes with us forever…"

Phil Tippett: "Without Ray Harryhausen, I don't think we would be

in the era we are living now."

Douglas Trumbull: "I'm a tremendous admiror

of Ray Harryhausen's work."