“I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess.”
Gardening
“You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.”
DesignAll Quotes by Walt Disney
“A man should never neglect his family for business.”
Business“I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse.”
Hope“You can't just let nature run wild.”
Nature“You reach a point where you don't work for money.”
Money“You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.”
Best“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.”
Famous“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.”
Communication“I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.”
Life“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.”
Knowledge“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.”
Best“All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable.”
Nature“We believed in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have fun- together.”
Family“I never called my work an 'art'. It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment.”
Art“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.”
Work“Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.”
Change“I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.”
Funny“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.”
Business“Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.”
Imagination“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.”
Dreams