In the words of Walt Disney:
I love the nostalgic myself. I hope we never lose some of the things of the past.
In learning the art of storytelling by animation, I have discovered that language has an anatomy.
We are not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other company.
You don't build it for yourself. You know what the people want and you build it for them.
I can never stand still. I must explore and experiment. I am never satisfied with my work. I resent the limitations of my own imagination.
After the rain, the sun will reappear. There is life. After the pain, the joy will still be here.
That's what we storytellers do. We restore order with imagination. We instill hope again and again and again.
If you can visualize it, if you can dream it, there's some way to do it.
Most of my life I have done what I wanted to do. I have had fun on the job.
I don't believe in talking down to children. I don't believe in talking down to any certain segment.
Laughter is timeless. Imagination has no age. And dreams are forever.
Life is composed of lights and shadows, and we would be untruthful, insincere, and saccharine if we tried to pretend there were no shadows.
Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it's done right.
Disneyland is like Alice stepping through the Looking Glass; to step through the portals of Disneyland will be like entering another world.
You'll be a poorer person all your life if you don't know some of the great stories and great poems.
The past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it.
When I was poor living in a garage in Kansas I began to draw the mice that scampered over my desk. That is how Mickey Mouse was born.
The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.
It has that thing - the imagination, and the feeling of happy excitement- I knew when I was a kid.
Many hands and hearts and minds generally contribute to anyone's notable achievements.
If you act like an adult when you're a kid you can afford to act like a kid the rest of your life.
You must not let anyone define your limits because of where you come from. Your only limit is your soul.
If I haven't thought about six impossible things before breakfast, I consider the day wasted.
Do what you do so well that they will want to see it again and bring their friends.
No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, the dreams that you wish will come true.
Think beyond your lifetime if you want to accomplish something truly worthwhile.
When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably.
Actually, if you could see close in my eyes, the American flag is waving in both of them and up my spine is growing this red, white and blue stripe.
Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.
Somehow I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true.
When I was a kid, a book I read advised young artist to be themselves. That decided it for me. I was a corny kind of guy, so I went in for corn.
But they say if you dream a thing more than once, it's sure to come true.
It's a mistake not to give people a chance to learn to depend on themselves while they are young.
The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.
To succeed, work hard, never give up and above all cherish a magnificent obsession.
I function better when things are going badly than when they're as smooth as whipped cream.
Good bye may seem forever. Farewell is like the end, but in my heart is the memory and there you will always be.
I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it.
If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse.
The idea of Disneyland is a simple one. It will be a place for people to find happiness and knowledge.
Happiness is a state of mind. It's just according to the way you look at things.
Many of the things that seem impossible now will become realities tomorrow.
Do a good job. You don't have to worry about the money; it will take care of itself. Just do your best work - then try to trump it.
To be successful you must be unique, you must be so different that if people want what you have, they must come to you to get it.
Here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow, and fantasy.
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