Walt Disney

• "I never called my work an 'art'. It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment.“
• "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.“
• "You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.“
• "Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.“
• "A man should never neglect his family for business.“
• "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 never called my work an 'art'. It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment.“
• "Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.“
• "Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood language.“
• "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.“
• "All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.“
• "You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.“
• "All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.“
• "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.“
• "I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.“
• "A man should never neglect his family for business.“
• "We believed in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have fun- together.“
• "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.“
• "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.“
• "I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess.“
• "I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse.“
• "I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.“
• "I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse.“
• "Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.“
• "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.“
• "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 always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.“
• "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.“
• "Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.“
• "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.“
• "You reach a point where you don't work for money.“
• "If you can dream it, you can do it.“
• "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 don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess.“
• "All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable.“
• "You can't just let nature run wild.“
• "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.“
• "Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.“
• "You reach a point where you don't work for money.“
• "I never called my work an 'art'. It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment.“
• "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.“

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