Walt Disney
film director, film producer, animator, television presenter, voice actor, writer, manufacturer, painter, inventor, screenwriter, film actor, illustrator, caricaturist, director, actor, producer, designer, comics artist
Read on Wikipedia1901 – 1966
All Quotes by Walt Disney
“I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.”
“Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.”
“Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner.”
“Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.”
“Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.”
“I am not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other motion picture company.”
“It's no secret that we were sticking just about every nickel we had on the chance that people would really be interested in something totally new and unique in the field of entertainment.”
“We did it Disneyland, in the knowledge that most of the people I talked to thought it would be a financial disaster - closed and forgotten within the first year.”
“You can't just let nature run wild.”
“Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals.”
“I try to build a full personality for each of our cartoon characters - to make them personalities.”
“I never called my work an 'art'. It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment.”
“I started, actually, to make my first animated cartoon in 1920. Of course, they were very crude things then and I used sort of little puppet things.”
“People still think of me as a cartoonist, but the only thing I lift a pen or pencil for these days is to sign a contract, a check, or an autograph.”
“When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.”
“I believe in being an innovator.”
“We have created characters and animated them in the dimension of depth, revealing through them to our perturbed world that the things we have in common far outnumber and outweigh those that divide us.”
“A man should never neglect his family for business.”
“If you can dream it, you can do it.”
“The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.”
“You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.”
“I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.”
“Somehow I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four Cs. They are curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy, and the greatest of all is confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable.”
“All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.”
“When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.”
“I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse.”
“There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.”
“Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.”
“Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation.”
“Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.”
“Animation offers a medium of story telling and visual entertainment which can bring pleasure and information to people of all ages everywhere in the world.”
“Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood language.”
“Disneyland is a show.”
“Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.”
“I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess.”
“We are not trying to entertain the critics. I'll take my chances with the public.”
“All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.”
“Laughter is America's most important export.”
“A man should never neglect his family for business.”
“We allow no geniuses around our Studio.”
“All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable.”
“I'd say it's been my biggest problem all my life... it's money. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true.”
“Crowded classrooms and half-day sessions are a tragic waste of our greatest national resource - the minds of our children.”
“There's nothing funnier than the human animal.”
“I never called my work an 'art'. It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment.”
“I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.”
“Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.”
“Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.”
“I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous.”
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”
“If you can dream it, you can do it.”
“I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse.”
“If you can dream it, you can do it.”
“Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.”
“We did it Disneyland, in the knowledge that most of the people I talked to thought it would be a financial disaster - closed and forgotten within the first year.”
“I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.”
“Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood language.”
“I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it.”
“I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.”
“Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.”
“To all that come to this happy place, welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past, and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that have created America... with hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world.”
“We believed in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have fun- together.”
“It's no secret that we were sticking just about every nickel we had on the chance that people would really be interested in something totally new and unique in the field of entertainment.”
“You reach a point where you don't work for money.”
“When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.”
“It's kind of fun to do the impossible.”
“Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner.”
“I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.”
“Fantasy, if it's really convincing, can't become dated, for the simple reason that it represents a flight into a dimension that lies beyond the reach of time.”
“Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.”
“Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.”
“I'd say it's been my biggest problem all my life... it's money. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true.”
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”
“I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess.”
“We are not trying to entertain the critics. I'll take my chances with the public.”
“A man should never neglect his family for business.”
“Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation.”
“I never called my work an 'art'. It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment.”
“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.”
“Think, Believe, Dream, and Dare.”
“I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse.”
“All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.”
“I'd say it's been my biggest problem all my life... it's money. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true.”
“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.”
“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”
“I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.”
“It's kind of fun to do the impossible.”
“I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.”
“You're dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway.”
“Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.”
“When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable.”
“I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.”
“We believed in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have fun- together.”
“I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it.”
“You reach a point where you don't work for money.”
“Our heritage and ideals, our code and standards - the things we live by and teach our children - are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feelings.”
“I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous.”
“Disneyland is the star, everything else is in the supporting role.”
“Whenever I go on a ride, I'm always thinking of what's wrong with the thing and how it can be improved.”