Walt Disney

Animator, Film Producer

Walt Disney was a pioneering animator and filmmaker, known for creating iconic characters and founding Disneyland, revolutionizing family entertainment.

Born
December 5, 1901
Died
December 15, 1966
Quotes
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Rank
#295

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"Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world."

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

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"We call it EPCOT, spelled E-P-C-O-T: Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. Here it is in larger scale. EPCOT will take its cue from the new ideas and new technologies that are now emerging from the creative centers of American industry. It will be a community of tomorrow that will never be completed, but will always be introducing and testing and demonstrating new materials and systems. And EPCOT will always be a showcase to the world for the ingenuity and imagination of American free enterprise."

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"I think what I want Disneyland to be most of all is a happy place..."

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"Somehow, I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man by a man who knows the secret of making dreams come true. The special secret it seems to me is summarized in four C's. They are Curiosity, Courage, Confidence and Constancy. And the greatest of all is Confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably."

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"You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality."

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"Today, we are shapers of the world of tomorrow. That is plain truth. There is no way we can duck the responsibility, and there is no reason why we should."

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

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"I first saw the site for Disneyland back in 1953, In those days it was all flat land - no rivers, no mountains, no castles or rocket ships - just orange groves, and a few acres of walnut trees."

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"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?"

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"In learning the art of storytelling by animation, I have discovered that language has an anatomy."

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"When I started on Disneyland, my wife used to say, "But why do you want to build an amusement park? They're so dirty." I told her that was just the point - mine wouldn't be."

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"We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we're curious... and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths."

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"No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, the dreams that you wish will come true."

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"Once a man has tasted freedom he will never be content to be a slave."

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