Walt Disney Quotes
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I think a good study of music would be indispensable to the animators - a realization on their part of how primitive music is, how natural it is for people to want to go to music - a study of rhythm, the dance - the various rhythms enter into our lives every day.
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All individuals are different. Some of us just wouldn't be satisfied with just carrying out a routine job and being happy.
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When I'm dead I don't want a funeral. I want people to remember me alive.
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I believe in being a motivator.
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We're not trying to entertain the critics ... I'll take my chances with the public.
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I am a patient listener, but opinionated to the point of stubbornness when my mind is made up.
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In bad times and in good I've never lost my sense of zest for life.
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That's what we storytellers do. We restore order with imagination. We instill hope again and again and again.
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Disneyland is often called a magic kingdom because it combines fantasy and history, adventure and learning, together with every variety of recreation and fun designed to appeal to everyone.
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As the original 'Mary Poppins' budget of five million dollars continued to grow, I never saw a sad face around the entire Studio. And this made me nervous. I knew the picture would have to gross 10 million dollars for us to break even. But still there was no negative head-shaking. No prophets of doom. Even Roy was happy. He didn't even ask me to show the unfinished picture to a banker. The horrible thought struck me - suppose the staff had finally conceded that I knew what I was doing.
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Most of my life I have done what I wanted to do. I have had fun on the job.
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There are fashions in reading, even in thinking. You don't have to follow them unless you want to. On the other hand, watch out. Don't stick too closely to your favorite subject. That would keep you from adventuring into other fields. It's silly to build a wall around your interests.
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The life and ventures of Mickey Mouse have been closely bound up with my own personal and professional life. It is understandable that I should have sentimental attachment for the little personage who played so big a part in the course of Disney Productions and has been so happily accepted as an amusing friend wherever films are shown around the world. He still speaks for me and I still speak for him.
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Disneyland would be a world of Americans, past and present, seen through the eyes of my imagination--a place of warmth and nostalgia, of illusion and color and delight.
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All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me.
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It seems to me shallow and arrogant for any man in these times to claim he is completely self-made, that he owes all his success to his own unaided efforts. Many hands and hearts and minds generally contribute to anyone's notable achievements.
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Being a celebrity doesn't even seem to keep the fleas off our dogs — and if being a celebrity won't give me an advantage over a couple of fleas, then I guess there can't be much in being a celebrity after all.
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If I haven't thought about six impossible things before breakfast, I consider the day wasted.
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It's a mistake not to give people a chance to learn to depend on themselves while they are young.
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Our greatest national resource is the minds of our children.
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Think beyond your lifetime if you want to accomplish something truly worthwhile.
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I don't believe in talking down to children. I don't believe in talking down to any certain segment.
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When I started on Disneyland, my wife used to say, 'But why do you want to build an amusement park? They're so dirty.' I told her that was just the point - mine wouldn't be.
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To all who 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 the hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world.