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.”

“I can never stand still. I must explore and experiment.”

“People often ask me if I know the secret of success and if I could tell others how to make their dreams come true. My answer is, you do it by working.”

“Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.”

“I just make what I like - warm and human stories, ones about historic characters and events, and about animals. If there is a secret, I guess it's that I never make the pictures too childish, but always try to get in a little satire of adult foibles.”

“You think the only people who are people, are the people who look and think like you. But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you'll learn things you never knew you never knew.”

“There is a natural hootchy-kootchy motion to a goldfish.”

“Without such inspiration, we would rapidly deteriorate and finally perish.”

“Togetherness, for me, means teamwork. In my business of motion pictures and television entertainment, many minds and skillful hands must collaborate...T he work seeks to comprehend the spiritual and material needs and yearnings of gregarious humanity. It makes us reflect how completely dependent we are upon one another in our social and commercial life.”

“It's something that will never be finished. Something that I can keep developing...and adding to.”

“Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that have created America...”

“I don't pose as an authority on anything at all, I follow the opinions of the ordinary people I meet, and I take pride in the close-knit teamwork with my organization.”

“One thing it takes to accomplish something is courage.”

“A good story can take you on a fantastic journey.”

“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.”

“Disneyland is not just another amusement park. It's unique, and I want it kept that way. Besides, you don't work for a dollar - you work to create and have fun.”

“Animals have personalities like people and must be studied.”

“To succeed, work hard, never give up and above all cherish a magnificent obsession.”

“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 never look back, darling. It distracts from the now.”

“I don't believe in playing down to children, either in life or in motion pictures. I didn't treat my own youngsters like fragile flowers, and I think no parent should.”

“Whatever you do, do it well. Do it so well that when people see you do it they will want to come back and see you do it again and they will want to bring others and show them how well you do what you do.”

“I don't want to please everybody. I'd get a little worried if I did something and everybody was pleased with it.”

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

“You're flying Buzz! No Woody we're falling in style!”