Home / Authors / Walt Disney

Walt Disney

Walt Disney Quotes

Animator

Walt Disney, born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois, was an outstanding animator, producer, director, and entrepreneur. He founded the Disney Company and introduced numerous beloved animated characters and films, such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Snow White. Disney's works not only entertained audiences worldwide but also had a profound impact on the animation industry and culture.

Filter quotes by topic

All Dream Disneyland Ifs Disney Company People Life Children Inspirational World Thinking Want Imagination Business Ideas Knows Believe Way Animation Fun Animator

Famous Walt Disney Quotes

“I am in no sense of the word a great artist, not even a great animator; I have always had men working for me whose skills were greater than my own. I am an idea man.”

Men Ideas Artist My Own Greater Skills Being Yourself Great Art Great Artist Animator

Author:Walt Disney

“Why be a governor or senator when you can be king of Disneyland?”

Kings Governors Senators Disneyland Animator

Author:Walt Disney

“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.”

People Thinking Want Would Be Natural Study Our Lives Music Is Various Rhythm Realization Primitive Indispensable Animation Animator Live Every Day

Author:Walt Disney

“You know, the only way I've found to make these pictures is with animators. You can't seem to do it with accountants and bookkeepers.”

Knows Way Seems Found Design Development Accountants Animator Bookkeepers

Author:Walt Disney

“It is a curious thing that the more the world shrinks because of electronic communications, the more limitless becomes the province of the storytelling entertainer.”

World Communication Storytelling Curious Shrinks Limitless Entertainers Provinces Electronics Animator Mass Communication Electronic Communication

Author:Walt Disney

“Disneyland really began when my two daughters were very young. Saturday was always Daddy's Day and I would take them to the merry-go-round, and sit on a bench eating peanuts while they rode. And sitting there alone, I felt there should be something built, some kind of family park where parents and children could have fun together.”

“Disneyland is a work of love...Drawing up plans and dreaming of what I could do, everything. It was just something I kind of kept playing around with.”

Kind Dream Plans Drawing Disneyland Animator Meaningful Work Playing Around Theme Parks Parks And Recreation Love Drawings

Author:Walt Disney

“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.”

World Would Be Eye Past Imagination Color Illusion Delight Nostalgia Warmth My Imagination Disneyland Through The Eyes Past And Present Animator

Author:Walt Disney

“Well it took many years. I started with many ideas, threw them away, started all over again. And eventually it evolved into what you see today at Disneyland”

Years Wells Ideas Today Starting Over Disneyland Animator

Book:Walt Disney: Conversations

Source: Walt Disney: Conversations

“The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.”

“A dream is a wish your heart makes, when you're fast asleep.”

Heart Dream Wish Sleep Love You Entrepreneur Filmmaker Animator Disney Company Fairy Godmother Sleep And Dream Sleep Dream Future Dreams Good Dream Dreaming At Night Dreams And Nightmares Fairy Princess Glass Slippers

Author:Walt Disney

“I love the nostalgic myself. I hope we never lose some of the things of the past.”

Past Remember Loses Memories Future Entrepreneur Nostalgia Producers Cartoon Animation Nostalgic Animator

Author:Walt Disney

“Disneyland is like Alice stepping through the Looking Glass; to step through the portals of Disneyland will be like entering another world.”

World Looks Steps Entrepreneur Glasses Producers Cartoon Entering Animation Another World Fairytale Disneyland Portal Animator Through The Looking Glass

Author:Walt Disney

“Landscapes of great wonder and beauty lie under our feet and all around us. They are discovered in tunnels in the ground, the heart of flowers, the hollows of trees, fresh-water ponds, seaweed jungles between tides, and even drops of water. Life in these hidden worlds is more startling in reality than anything we can imagine. How could this earth of ours, which is only a speck in the heavens, have so much variety of life, so many curious and exciting creatures?”

“nothing is impossible”

Source: The Jungle Book

“Sometimes I think of myself as a little bee. I go from one area of the studio to another and gather pollen and sort of stimulate everybody. I guess that’s the job I do.”

Thinking Littles Sometimes Motivational Jobs Work Areas Entrepreneur Studios Producers Bees Filmmaking Cartoon Animation Disneyland Stimulation Animator Pollen Little Bee

Book:Walt Disney: Conversations

Source: Walt Disney: Conversations

“A man should never neglect his family for business.”

“It's kind of fun to do the impossible.”

About the Author

Born: December 5, 1901
Died: December 15, 1966
Known for: Animator
Quotes: 405

Related Topics

Dream Disneyland Ifs Disney Company People Life Children Inspirational World Thinking Want Imagination Business Ideas Knows Believe Way Animation Fun Animator

Popular Topics

People Ifs Thinking Knows Men World Way Want Love Life Inspirational Needs Giving Feels Should Writing Trying Years Mind Firsts

Books & Sources

Walt Disney: ConversationsRelated source material

Mickey Mouse (1941-1990) #190Related source material

The Jungle BookRelated source material

Similar Authors

Richard BransonBrowse related quotes
Abigail DisneyBrowse related quotes
Oprah WinfreyBrowse related quotes
Jim RohnBrowse related quotes
Jay RasuloBrowse related quotes
Katsuhiro OtomoBrowse related quotes
Paulo CoelhoBrowse related quotes
Michael JacksonBrowse related quotes
Joel OsteenBrowse related quotes
Zig ZiglarBrowse related quotes