Quotes By Walt Disney

Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood language.

I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess.

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it.

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.

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

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.

Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.

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.

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.

Or 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.

We believed in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have fun- together.

When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable.

Disneyland is a show.

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.

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.

All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable.

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

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 am not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other motion picture company.

Laughter is America's most important export.

Whenever I go on a ride, I'm always thinking of what's wrong with the thing and how it can be improved.

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.

I try to build a full personality for each of our cartoon characters - to make them personalities.

Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.

I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.

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.