diff --git a/manim/__init__.py b/manim/__init__.py
index 505db0fb4e..2bf9147035 100644
--- a/manim/__init__.py
+++ b/manim/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from . import constants
 
 
-def main():
+def main():    
     args = config.parse_cli()
     cfg = config.get_configuration(args)
     config.initialize_directories(cfg)
diff --git a/manim/camera/camera.py b/manim/camera/camera.py
index a0985388ff..5a76684b98 100644
--- a/manim/camera/camera.py
+++ b/manim/camera/camera.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 
 from ..constants import *
+from ..logger import logger
 from ..mobject.types.image_mobject import AbstractImageMobject
 from ..mobject.mobject import Mobject
 from ..mobject.types.point_cloud_mobject import PMobject
@@ -24,7 +25,6 @@
 from ..utils.space_ops import angle_of_vector
 from ..utils.space_ops import get_norm
 
-
 class Camera(object):
     """
     Base Camera class.
@@ -348,14 +348,14 @@ def make_background_from_func(self, coords_to_colors_func):
             The pixel array which can then be passed to set_background.
         """
 
-        print("Starting set_background; for reference, the current time is ", time.strftime("%H:%M:%S"))
+        logger.info("Starting set_background; for reference, the current time is ", time.strftime("%H:%M:%S"))
         coords = self.get_coords_of_all_pixels()
         new_background = np.apply_along_axis(
             coords_to_colors_func,
             2,
             coords
         )
-        print("Ending set_background; for reference, the current time is ", time.strftime("%H:%M:%S"))
+        logger.info("Ending set_background; for reference, the current time is ", time.strftime("%H:%M:%S"))
 
         return self.convert_pixel_array(new_background, convert_from_floats=True)
 
diff --git a/manim/config.py b/manim/config.py
index 01dce9102a..b511fe342d 100644
--- a/manim/config.py
+++ b/manim/config.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 from . import constants
 from . import dirs
+from .logger import logger
 
 def parse_cli():
     try:
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ def parse_cli():
         )
         return parser.parse_args()
     except argparse.ArgumentError as err:
-        print(str(err))
+        logger.error(str(err))
         sys.exit(2)
 
 
@@ -225,8 +226,8 @@ def get_camera_configuration(args):
         try:
             camera_config["background_color"] = colour.Color(args.color)
         except AttributeError as err:
-            print("Please use a valid color")
-            print(err)
+            logger.warning("Please use a valid color")
+            logger.error(err)
             sys.exit(2)
 
     # If rendering a transparent image/move, make sure the
diff --git a/manim/constants.py b/manim/constants.py
index 23769bbdb5..c1b2e8687b 100644
--- a/manim/constants.py
+++ b/manim/constants.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import numpy as np
 import os
+from .logger import logger
 
 NOT_SETTING_FONT_MSG='''
-Warning:
-You haven't set a font.
-If you are not using English, this may cause text rendering problems.
-You set fonts like:
+You haven't set font.
+If you are not using English, this may cause text rendering problem.
+You set font like:
 text = Text('your text', font='your font')
 or:
 class MyText(Text):
diff --git a/manim/extract_scene.py b/manim/extract_scene.py
index 27f9e1fbd5..e0d750af9c 100644
--- a/manim/extract_scene.py
+++ b/manim/extract_scene.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from .utils.sounds import play_error_sound
 from .utils.sounds import play_finish_sound
 from . import constants
+from .logger import logger
 
 
 def open_file_if_needed(file_writer, **config):
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ def prompt_user_for_choice(scene_classes):
             for num_str in user_input.split(",")
         ]
     except KeyError:
-        print(constants.INVALID_NUMBER_MESSAGE)
+        logger.error(constants.INVALID_NUMBER_MESSAGE)
         sys.exit(2)
         user_input = input(constants.CHOOSE_NUMBER_MESSAGE)
         return [
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ def prompt_user_for_choice(scene_classes):
 
 def get_scenes_to_render(scene_classes, config):
     if len(scene_classes) == 0:
-        print(constants.NO_SCENE_MESSAGE)
+        logger.error(constants.NO_SCENE_MESSAGE)
         return []
     if config["write_all"]:
         return scene_classes
@@ -109,11 +110,10 @@ def get_scenes_to_render(scene_classes, config):
                 found = True
                 break
         if not found and (scene_name != ""):
-            print(
+            logger.error(
                 constants.SCENE_NOT_FOUND_MESSAGE.format(
                     scene_name
-                ),
-                file=sys.stderr
+                )
             )
     if result:
         return result
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def get_module(file_name):
             exec(code, module.__dict__)
             return module
         except Exception as e:
-            print(f"Failed to render scene: {str(e)}")
+            logger.error(f"Failed to render scene: {str(e)}")
             sys.exit(2)
     else:
         module_name = file_name.replace(os.sep, ".").replace(".py", "")
diff --git a/manim/logger.py b/manim/logger.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..416a06a801
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manim/logger.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import logging
+from rich.logging import RichHandler
+
+
+logging.basicConfig(
+    level="NOTSET",
+    format="%(message)s",
+    datefmt="[%X]",
+    handlers=[RichHandler()]
+)
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("rich")
diff --git a/manim/mobject/svg/text_mobject.py b/manim/mobject/svg/text_mobject.py
index 64da1c4dc2..f229a95ba1 100644
--- a/manim/mobject/svg/text_mobject.py
+++ b/manim/mobject/svg/text_mobject.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from ...constants import *
 from ... import dirs
 from ...container.container import Container
+from ...logger import logger
 from ...mobject.geometry import Dot, Rectangle
 from ...mobject.svg.svg_mobject import SVGMobject
 from ...mobject.types.vectorized_mobject import VGroup
@@ -289,7 +290,7 @@ def text2svg(self):
 
         if self.font == '':
             if NOT_SETTING_FONT_MSG != '':
-                print(NOT_SETTING_FONT_MSG)
+                logger.warning(NOT_SETTING_FONT_MSG)
 
         dir_name = dirs.TEXT_DIR
         hash_name = self.text2hash()
diff --git a/manim/mobject/vector_field.py b/manim/mobject/vector_field.py
index 50a5bd82ec..774b753eee 100644
--- a/manim/mobject/vector_field.py
+++ b/manim/mobject/vector_field.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import random
 
 from ..constants import *
-
+from ..logger import logger
 from ..animation.composition import AnimationGroup
 from ..animation.indication import ShowPassingFlash
 from ..mobject.geometry import Vector
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def get_color_field_image_file(scalar_func,
     file_name = "%d.png" % func_hash
     full_path = os.path.join(RASTER_IMAGE_DIR, file_name)
     if not os.path.exists(full_path):
-        print("Rendering color field image " + str(func_hash))
+        logger.info("Rendering color field image " + str(func_hash))
         rgb_gradient_func = get_rgb_gradient_function(
             min_value=min_value,
             max_value=max_value,
diff --git a/manim/scene/scene.py b/manim/scene/scene.py
index 1dac19dfdf..ce24579c48 100644
--- a/manim/scene/scene.py
+++ b/manim/scene/scene.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from ..camera.camera import Camera
 from ..constants import *
 from ..container.container import Container
+from ..logger import logger
 from ..mobject.mobject import Mobject
 from ..scene.scene_file_writer import SceneFileWriter
 from ..utils.iterables import list_update
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ def print_end_message(self):
         Used internally to print the number of
         animations played after the scene ends.
         """
-        print("Played {} animations".format(self.num_plays))
+        logger.info("Played {} animations".format(self.num_plays))
 
     def set_variables_as_attrs(self, *objects, **newly_named_objects):
         """
diff --git a/manim/scene/scene_file_writer.py b/manim/scene/scene_file_writer.py
index 5467ed59e7..820e25ea8c 100644
--- a/manim/scene/scene_file_writer.py
+++ b/manim/scene/scene_file_writer.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 from ..constants import STREAMING_PORT
 from ..constants import STREAMING_PROTOCOL
 from .. import dirs
+from ..logger import logger
 from ..utils.config_ops import digest_config
 from ..utils.file_ops import guarantee_existence
 from ..utils.file_ops import add_extension_if_not_present
@@ -467,7 +468,7 @@ def combine_movie_files(self):
             **kwargs
         )
         if len(partial_movie_files) == 0:
-            print("No animations in this scene")
+            logger.error("No animations in this scene")
             return
 
         # Write a file partial_file_list.txt containing all
@@ -536,4 +537,4 @@ def print_file_ready_message(self, file_path):
         """
         Prints the "File Ready" message to STDOUT.
         """
-        print("\nFile ready at {}\n".format(file_path))
+        logger.info("\nFile ready at {}\n".format(file_path))
diff --git a/manim/scene/scene_from_video.py b/manim/scene/scene_from_video.py
index ba3e6562ec..170c6f0162 100644
--- a/manim/scene/scene_from_video.py
+++ b/manim/scene/scene_from_video.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import cv2
 
 from ..scene.scene import Scene
+from ..logger import logger
 
 
 # TODO, is this depricated?
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ def construct(self, file_name,
             start_frame, end_frame = [fps * t for t in time_range]
 
         frame_count = end_frame - start_frame
-        print("Reading in " + file_name + "...")
+        logger.info("Reading in " + file_name + "...")
         for count in show_progress(list(range(start_frame, end_frame + 1))):
             returned, frame = cap.read()
             if not returned:
diff --git a/manim/utils/tex_file_writing.py b/manim/utils/tex_file_writing.py
index 78cf60ba32..e3951187d6 100644
--- a/manim/utils/tex_file_writing.py
+++ b/manim/utils/tex_file_writing.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from ..constants import TEX_TEXT_TO_REPLACE
 from ..constants import TEX_USE_CTEX
 from .. import dirs
+from ..logger import logger
 
 def tex_hash(expression, template_tex_file_body):
     id_str = str(expression + template_tex_file_body)
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ def generate_tex_file(expression, template_tex_file_body):
         tex_hash(expression, template_tex_file_body)
     ) + ".tex"
     if not os.path.exists(result):
-        print("Writing \"%s\" to %s" % (
+        logger.info("Writing \"%s\" to %s" % (
             "".join(expression), result
         ))
         new_body = template_tex_file_body.replace(
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9b54f76ae4..7dec25c9b3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ opencv-python
 pycairo
 pydub
 pygments
-pyreadline; sys_platform == 'win32'
+pyreadline; sys_platform == 'win32',
+rich
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 688d12981a..51b8279813 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,5 +26,6 @@
         "pydub",
         "pygments",
         "pyreadline; sys_platform == 'win32'",
+        "rich"
     ],
 )