Loss of Oswald to Mintz solidified view of never working for anyone.

Strong, attractive central character is essential and a good storyline is always needed but too much plot can destroy laughter.

Got incredible devotion and long hours but encouraged periods of refresh (played baseball during lunch).

Almost messianic in the leadership of his staff.

Grew his mustache as a bet and left it because it made him look older.

“It wasn’t enough to be an original and creative artist, Disney learned survival in the film business required a jungle toughness.

Had rare powers of persuasion – shown when he convinced Ub to move to Hollywood to join him in the Disney Bros.

Felt he was too late to cartooning now and couldn’t catch up to those in New York but soon his deal with Winkler on Alice got him back into it.

Laugh-O-Gram went bankrupt and Walt left for Hollywood to get out of cartooning and into directing.

Walt welcomed criticism from a young age.

He stepped on a nail and this injury gave him time to think of the future and it was then he determined he wanted to go into cartooning.

Only paid attention to what interested him – animation, magic, trains.

Customer service instilled during his time as a newspaper boy – father forced him to place the newspaper on people’s porches, even in the middle of freezing winter.

Older brothers Herb and Ray left family due to Elias’ tyrannical nature and soon after Roy left too.

Father Elias had many misadventures in business and was a stern man.

Ancestors were from France and last name was Isigny.

Had a natural progression, moving the audience from spectators to participants.

Disney possessed a remarkable skill for drawing the best from those who worked with him and had an uncanny capacity for reaching the human heart.

When he dropped an idea, he didn’t expect you to pick it up where he left it, you were supposed to move a couple of steps beyond

Little patience for those whose thinking was earthbound.

He seemed to consider his time limited, and his impatience to get things done sometimes made him hard to work for.

“I want Disneyland to be a place where parents can bring their children – or come by themselves and have a good time”.

Fair man but little patience for anything bad or weak.

Mickey and Walt were inextricable – Walt’s personality was completely reflected in Mickey’s.

Very little retrospection, his visionary eye was always set on the future.

Disney put his name on everything so that people knew that when they saw ‘Walt Disney’ on a picture, they would know that meant good, family entertainment.Didn’t want to be devious unless constructive in some fashion.

Walt disney by bob thomas