Walt Disney

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Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois. Walt was one of five children out of four boys and a girl. After he was born he and his family moved to a different place and he spent most of his time there. The place they moved to was Marceline, Missouri. Walt had very early interests in art; he would often sell drawings to neighbors to make extra money. He pursued his art career, by studying art and photography by going to McKinley High School in Chicago.
Walt began to love, and appreciate nature and wildlife, and family and community, which were a large part of agrarian living. Though his father could be quite stern, and often there was little money, Walt was encouraged by his mother, and older brother, Roy to pursue his talents.
Later on in life he wanted to attempt the military service, but they rejected him because he was under the age of sixteen years old at that time. So since the military rejected him he decided to join the Red Cross and he sent across the sea to France, which is where he spent a year driving an ambulance and chauffeuring Red Cross officials. His ambulance was covered from stem to stern, not with stock camouflage, but with Disney cartoons. Once he returned from France he began to start a career in commercial art. He decided he wanted to start a company called Laugh-O-Grams, which fell bankrupt. So after that Walt Disney took his suitcase and twenty dollars and headed to Hollywood to start all over. And while he was there he made a success of his Alice Comedies and became a Hollywood figure. {What a surprise} On July13, 1925, Walt married one of his first employees, Lillian Bounds, in Lewiston, Idaho. Later on they would be blessed with two daughters, Diane and Sharon. Walt Disney's dream of a clean, and organized amusement park, came true, as Disneyland Park opened in 1955. Walt also became a television pioneer, Disney began television production in 1954, and was among the first to present full-color programming with his Wonderful World of Color in 1961.
Walt Disney is a legend; a folk hero of the 20th century. His worldwide popularity was based upon the ideals which his name represents: imagination, creation, and self-made success in the American tradition. He brought us closer to the future, while telling us of the past, it is certain, that there will never be such as great a man, as Walt Disney.
Now here are some Quotes from the man who brought you Disney:
"We are not trying to entertain the critics. I'll take my chances with the public."
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"You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality."
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"All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable."
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"When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do. And one thing it takes to accomplish something is courage."
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"I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess."
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"We allow no geniuses around our Studio."
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"Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood."
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"I never called my work an 'art' It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment."
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"I am not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other motion picture company."