Never get bored or cynical. Yesterday is a thing of the past.
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.
We don’t make movies to make money, we make money to make more movies.
For every laugh, there should be a tear.
After the rain, the sun will reappear. There is life. After the pain, the joy will still be here.
It has that thing – the imagination, and the feeling of happy excitement- I knew when I was a kid.
Think, Believe, Dream, and Dare.
I never intended to make art.
I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.
Many of the things that seem impossible now will become realities tomorrow.
I don’t like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It’s just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess.
People still think of me as a cartoonist, but the only thing I lift a pen or pencil for these days is to sign a contract, a check, or an autograph.
You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.
Being a celebrity doesn’t even seem to keep the fleas off our dogs – and if being a celebrity won’t give me an advantage over a couple of fleas, then I guess there can’t be much in being a celebrity after all.
Without inspiration, we would perish.
Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.
Part of the Disney success is our ability to create a believable world of dreams that appeals to all age groups. The kind of entertainment we create is meant to appeal to every member of the family.
I definitely feel that we cannot do the fantastic things based on the real, unless we first know the real.
A good concert, if you’re kind of relaxed, it can do something to you. It’s sort of an emotional break you get by listening to music.
Disneyland is the star, everything else is in the supporting role.