Walt Disney Quote: “By nature I’m an experimenter. To this day, I don’t believe in sequels. I can’t follow popular cycles. I have to move on to new things. So with the success of Mickey, I was determined to diversify.” -Walt Disney
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“I believe in being an innovator.” -Walt Disney
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“In this volatile business of ours, we can ill afford to rest on our laurels, even to pause in retrospect. Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.” -Walt Disney
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“The only problem with anything of tomorrow is that at the pace we’re going right now, tomorrow would catch up with us before we got it built.” -Walt Disney
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“But if we can bring together the technical know–how of American industry and the creative imagination of the Disney organization—I’m confident we can create right here in Disney World a showcase to the world of the American free enterprise system.” -Walt Disney
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“I don’t believe there’s a challenge anywhere in the world that’s more important to people everywhere than finding solutions to the problems of our cities. But where do we begin? How do we start answering this great challenge? Well, we’re convinced we must start with the public need.” -Walt Disney
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“I’m just very curious—got to find out what makes things tick—and I’ve always liked working with my hands; my father was a carpenter. I even apprenticed to my own machine shop here and learned the trade. Since my outlook and attitudes are ingrained throughout our organization, all our people have this curiosity; it keeps us …
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“There’s really no secret about our approach. We keep moving forward—opening up new doors and doing new things—because we’re curious. And curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. We’re always exploring and experimenting. At WED, we call it Imagineering—the blending of creative imagination with technical know-how.” -Walt Disney
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“Many of these attractions will ‘come-to-life’ through Audio-Animatronics, our space-age electronic method of making inanimate things move on cue, hour after hour and show after show.” -Walt Disney
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“It’s just another dimension in the animation we have been doing all our life.” -Walt Disney
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“Well, in order to crack the field, I said, ‘I’ve got to get something a little unique,’ you see. Now they had the clown out of the inkwell who played with the live people. So I reversed it. I took the live person and put him into the cartoon field. I said, ’that’s a new …
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“Whatever we accomplish is due to the combined effort. . . In my organization there is respect for every individual, and we all have a keen respect for the public.” -Walt Disney
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“I don’t pose as an authority on anything at all. I follow the opinions of the ordinary people I meet, and I take pride in the close-knit teamwork with my organization.” -Walt Disney
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“Togetherness, for me, means teamwork.” -Walt Disney
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“Everything here at Disneyland and the Studio is a team effort.” -Walt Disney
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“My role? Well, you know I was stumped one day when a little boy asked, ‘Do you draw Mickey Mouse?’ I had to admit I do not draw anymore. ‘Then you think up all the jokes and ideas?’ ‘No,’ I said, ‘I don’t do that.’ Finally, he looked at me and said, ‘Mr. Disney, just …
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“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.” -Walt Disney
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“I’m not the perfectionist any more. It’s my staff. They’re the ones always insisting on doing something better and better.” -Walt Disney
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“I think if there’s any part I’ve played the vital part is coordinating these talents, and encouraging these talents, and carrying them down a certain line. It’s like pulling together a big orchestra.” -Walt Disney
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“I just want to leave you with this thought, that it’s just been sort of a dress rehearsal and we’re just getting started. So if any of you start resting on your laurels, I mean just forget it, because…we are just getting started.” -Walt Disney
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“Both of us were unemployed and neither could get a job. We solved the problem by going into business for ourselves. We established the first animated cartoon studio in Hollywood.” -Walt Disney
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“A man should never neglect his family for business.” -Walt Disney
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“We evolved by necessity. We did not sit down and say to ourselves, ‘How can we make a big pile of dough?’ It just happened.” -Walt Disney
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“Fun and wonder are the important elements, in addition to quality in production and performance, which are most responsible for the success of Disney productions.” -Walt Disney
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“I suppose my formula might be: dream, diversify—and never miss an angle.” -Walt Disney
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“Get a good idea, and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it’s done, and done right.” -Walt Disney
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“People often ask me if I know the secret of success and if I could tell others how to make their dreams come true. My answer is, you do it by working.” -Walt Disney
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“We share, to a large extent, one another’s fate. We help create those circumstances which favor or challenge us in meeting our objectives and realizing our dreams. ” -Walt Disney
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“When they come here they’re coming because of an integrity that we’ve established over the years. And they drive hundreds of miles. I feel a responsibility to the public.” -Walt Disney
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“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” -Walt Disney
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