Check out my best 5 Walt Disney quotations taken from various valid sources.
Walt Disney, the man who created “The Happiest Place On Earth“, aka Disneyland.
This pioneer of cartoon films was born in Hermosa, Illinois in 1901.
He and his brother Roy co-founded Walt Disney Productions.
He did not started off with his iconic Mickey Mouse, in fact his first successful cartoon character is Oswald The Lucky Rabbit.
In 1927, Walt Disney created Oswald The Lucky Rabbit (also known as Oswald the Rabbit or Oswald Rabbit) for Universal Pictures.
This rabbit cartoon character starred in several animated short films released to theaters from 1927 to 1938.
The first Oswald cartoon movie is “Trolley Troubles” which was released on 5 September 1927.
Here is “Trolley Troubles:
It was his third Mickey Mouse animation which has sound and music, titled “Steamboat Willie” that hit the big time.
Walt himself did the voice of Mickey.
You can watch the free full black and white movie “Steamboat Willie” here.
Then he went on to create more successful animated works, including “Silly Symphonies”, “The Three Little Pigs”, “Pinocchio”, “Dumbo”, “Fantasia”, Bambi” , “Treasure Island”, “Alice In The Wonderland”, “Peter Pan” “Sleeping Beauty” and many other amazing animated masterpieces.
He was also one of those who used television as an entertainment medium.
Among his many successful TV shows are “Davy Crockett“, “Zorro” and “The Mickey Mouse Club“.
On July 17, 1955, Disneyland theme park was opened in Anaheim, California.
Today you can find Disneyland in Tokyo, Paris, Hong Kong and Shanghai, China.
During his lifetime, Walt Disney won 22 Academy Awards.
Best 5 Walt Disney Quotations
Here are my best 5 Walt Disney quotations which are linked to authentic sources.
“You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.” – Walt Disney
(Walt Disney Animation Studios) source
“We’re not trying to entertain the critics. I’ll take my chances with the public.” – Walt Disney
(My Dad, Walt Disney Conclusion, “Small Boy Dream Come True” By Diane Disney Miller As Told To Pete Martin, The Saturday Evening Post, January 5 1957, P. 82 ) source
“Everybody in the world is once a child. We grow up, our personalities change. But in every one of us, something remains from our childhood.”
(Lux Radio Theater Radio Adaption Of Walt Disney’s Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs, Cecil B. DeMille Interviewed Walt, 1939, 55:18-25)
“Why worry? If you’ve done the very best you can, worrying won’t make it any better.” – Walt Disney
(“The Amazing Secret Of Walt Disney” interviewed By Don Eddy, The American Magazine, August 1955)
(You can also find this quote at: Walt Disney: Conversations By Walt Disney, Edited By Kathy Merlock Jackson, Univ. Press Of Mississippi, 2006, P. 56)
“I think it’s important to have a good hard failure when you’re young. I learned a lot out of that.” – Walt Disney
(The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney By Michael Barrier, University Of California Press, 2008, Ch. 2 A Cute Idea, The Self-Taught Filmmaker 1923-1928, P. 39)
(This quote is also found at: The Walt Disney Family Museum) source
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