Quote

I don't believe in playing down to children, either in life or in motion pictures. I didn't treat my own youngsters like fragile flowers, and I think no parent should.

Walt Disney

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Walt Disney
Age: 64 †
Born: 1901
Born: December 5
Died: 1966
Died: February 15
Actor
Animator
Caricaturist
Director
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Illustrator
Inventor
Manufacturer
Painter
Screenwriter
Chicago
Illinois
Walter Elias Disney
W. Disney
Walter E. Disney
Like
Either
Motion
Parent
Fragile
Didn
Flowers
Children
Treat
Believe
Pictures
Think
Treats
Thinking
Flower
Life
Playing
Youngsters

More quotes by Walt Disney

Image
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.
Walt Disney
Image
Fancy being remembered around the world for the invention of a mouse!
Walt Disney
Image
But they say if you dream a thing more than once, it's sure to come true.
Walt Disney
Image
I always like to look on the optimistic side of life.
Walt Disney
Image
Disneyland is like a piece of clay: If there is something I don't like, I'm not stuck with it. I can reshape and revamp.
Walt Disney
Image
I never called my work an 'art'. It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment.
Walt Disney
Image
When you go to bat as many times as I do, you're bound to get a good average. That's why I keep my projects diversified.
Walt Disney
Image
We like to have a point of view in our stories, not an obvious moral, but a worthwhile theme. ... All we are trying to do is give the public good entertainment. That is all they want.
Walt Disney
Image
Direct and easy communications — freedom of speech in all forms and in its broadest sense — has become vital to the very survival of a civilized humanity.
Walt Disney
Image
We are not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other company.
Walt Disney
Image
We don't make movies to make money, we make money to make more movies.
Walt Disney
Image
Never put business before family.
Walt Disney
Image
Fantasy, if it's really convincing, can't become dated, for the simple reason that it represents a flight into a dimension that lies beyond the reach of time.
Walt Disney
Image
A man should never neglect his family for business.
Walt Disney
Image
Once a man has tasted freedom he will never be content to be a slave.
Walt Disney
Image
I just make what I like - warm and human stories, ones about historic characters and events, and about animals. If there is a secret, I guess it's that I never make the pictures too childish, but always try to get in a little satire of adult foibles.
Walt Disney
Image
Happiness is a state of mind. It's just according to the way you look at things.
Walt Disney
Image
Everything that matters to we can work out as expected, in the event that we have the strength to seek after them.
Walt Disney
Image
Disneyland really began when my two daughters were very young. Saturday was always Daddy's Day and I would take them to the merry-go-round, and sit on a bench eating peanuts while they rode. And sitting there alone, I felt there should be something built, some kind of family park where parents and children could have fun together.
Walt Disney
Image
No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, the dreams that you wish will come true.
Walt Disney