Walt Disney Quotes on MICKEY MOUSE

Biography of Walt Disney

Type: Cartoonist

Nationality: American

Born: December 5, 1901

Died: December 15, 1966

Quotes on Mickey Mouse

• "Born of necessity, the little fellow literally freed us of immediate worry. He provided the means for expanding our organization to its present dimensions and for extending the medium cartoon animation towards new entertainment levels. He spelled production liberation for us.

• "He popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner."

• "I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse." 

• "Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end." 

• "The life and ventures of Mickey Mouse have been closely bound up with my own personal and professional life. It is understandable that I should have sentimental attachment for the little personage who played so big a part in the course of Disney Productions and has been so happily accepted as an amusing friend wherever films are shown around the world. He still speaks for me and I still speak for him."

• "We felt that the public, and especially the children, like animals that are cute and little. I think we are rather indebted to Charlie Chaplin for the idea. We wanted something appealing, and we thought of a tiny bit of a mouse that would have something of the wistfulness of Chaplin- a little fellow trying to do the best he could."

• When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.