Walt Disney
Walt Disney
Walter Elias "Walt" Disneywas an American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film producer he received 22 Academy Awards from 59 nominations and has won more individual Oscars than anyone else. He was presented with two Golden Globe Special Achievement Awards and one Emmy Award, among other honors. Several of his films are included in the National Film Registry by the...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth5 December 1901
CityChicago, IL
You can dream, create, design and build the most wonderful place in the world, but it requires people to make the dream a reality.
I don't know if it's art, but I know I like it.
Everyone has to contribute, or they become laborers.
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.
The ideal set-up would be the story man, the director, and the layout man, as well as musician, operating as a sort of story unit. They all should be keenly interested in the picture. No one in person should donate to an extent where he would keep the others from entering into the production and freely expressing themselves.
I am interested in entertaining people, in bringing pleasure, particularly laughter, to others, rather than being concerned with 'expressing' myself with obscure creative impressions.
When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.
You know, you're just not supposed to be hitting a flip wedge into that hole,
Disneyland will always be building and growing and adding new things... new ways of having fun, of learning things, and sharing the many exciting adventures which may be experienced here in the company of family and friends.
Let your heart guide you...it whispers so listen closely.
Heigh ho, heigh ho! / It's off to work we go.
There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates loot on Treasure Island and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life.
There is great comfort and inspiration in the feeling of close human relationships and its bearing on our mutual fortunes - a powerful force, to overcome the "tough breaks" which are certain to come to most of us from time to time
Girls bored me, they still do. I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I've ever known.