“To all who come to this happy place: Welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past—and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams and the hard facts that have created America—with the hope that it will be a …
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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.” -Walt Disney
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“I do not make films primarily for children. I make them for the child in all of us, whether we be six or sixty.” -Walt Disney
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“There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates’ loot on Treasure Island and at the bottom of the Spanish Main…and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life.” -Walt Disney
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“We are not trying to entertain the critics. I’ll take my chances with the public.” -Walt Disney
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“I’ve never called my work an ‘art.’ It’s part of show business, the business of building entertainment.” -Walt Disney
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“Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive.” -Walt Disney
See moreThere was an Art Gallery and Photo Studio on Main Street, U.S.A. from 1955 to 1959, offering, beginning in 1957, plywood cut-out flats behind which you could pose. Then the operation moved to Tomorrowland, from 1959 to 1967, first known there as Photo Gallery, then Fun Fotos. One paid a dollar for a black and …
See moreNone of the Von Drake TV episodes have been released on DVD, but the featurette, A Symposium on Popular Songs, in which he starred, was made available on the Walt Disney Treasures: Disney Rarities DVD set.
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