--- title: "8 Cartoon Quotes By Walt Disney" description: "8 Cartoon quotes by Walt Disney. Plus more from Walt Disney and more Cartoon sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/168/walt-disney-722_animated_i-started-actually-to-make-my-first-anim_320376.jpg" --- > [I started, actually, to make my first animated cartoon in 1920. Of course, they were very crude things then and I used…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-disney/i-started-actually-to-make-my-first-animated-cartoon-in-1920-of/) [Walt Disney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-disney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/168/walt-disney-722_animated_i-started-actually-to-make-my-first-anim_320376.jpg) > [Born of necessity, the little fellow literally freed us of immediate worry. He provided the means for expanding our organization to its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-disney/born-of-necessity-the-little-fellow-literally-freed-us-of-immediate/) [Walt Disney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-disney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af7/walt-disney-722_animation_born-of-necessity-the-little-fellow-lite_554051.jpg) > [At first the cartoon medium was just a novelty, but it never really began to hit until we had more than tricks...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-disney/at-first-the-cartoon-medium-was-just-a-novelty-but-it-never-really/) [Walt Disney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-disney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c70/walt-disney-722_aisle_at-first-the-cartoon-medium-was-just-a-n_1165217.jpg) > [All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-disney/all-cartoon-characters-and-fables-must-be-exaggeration-caricatures-it/) [Walt Disney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-disney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/walt-disney-722_caricatures_all-cartoon-characters-and-fables-must-b_1888113.jpg) > [What seems real to the mind can be as important as any material fact. We live by the spirit and the imagination…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-disney/what-seems-real-to-the-mind-can-be-as-important-as-any-material-fact/) [Walt Disney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-disney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e8/walt-disney-722_animation_what-seems-real-to-the-mind-can-be-as-im_1993073.jpg) > [Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-disney/animation-is-different-from-other-parts-its-language-is-the-language-2/) [Walt Disney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-disney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70c/walt-disney-722_anatomy_animation-is-different-from-other-parts_2373205.jpg) > [I try to build a full personality for each of our cartoon characters - to make them personalities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-disney/i-try-to-build-a-full-personality-for-each-of-our-cartoon-characters/) [Walt Disney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-disney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62c/walt-disney-722_cartoon_i-try-to-build-a-full-personality-for-ea_2439319.jpg) > [I take great pride in the artistic development of cartoons. Our characters are made to go through emotions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-disney/i-take-great-pride-in-the-artistic-development-of-cartoons-our/) [Walt Disney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-disney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b28/walt-disney-722_animation_i-take-great-pride-in-the-artistic-devel_2445258.jpg) ## Other authors on Cartoon ## More by Walt Disney > [I have long felt that the way to keep children out of trouble is to keep them interested in things. Lecturing to children is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-disney/i-have-long-felt-that-the-way-to-keep-children-out-of-trouble-is-to/) [Walt Disney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-disney/) > [The four Cs of making dreams come true: Curiosity, Courage, Consistency, Confidence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-disney/the-four-cs-of-making-dreams-come-true-curiosity-courage-consistency/) [Walt Disney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-disney/) > [Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood language.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-disney/of-all-of-our-inventions-for-mass-communication-pictures-still-speak/) [Walt Disney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-disney/) > [Here is the world of imagination, hopes, and dreams. In this timeless land of enchantment, the age of chivalry, magic and make-believe are reborn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-disney/here-is-the-world-of-imagination-hopes-and-dreams-in-this-timeless/) [Walt Disney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-disney/) > [I have a great love of animals and laughter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-disney/i-have-a-great-love-of-animals-and-laughter/) [Walt Disney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-disney/) > [There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-disney/there-is-more-treasure-in-books-than-in-all-the-pirate-s-loot-on/) [Walt Disney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-disney/) > [I just needed to get out on my own, live my own life. And I did, and it's great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-disney/i-just-needed-to-get-out-on-my-own-live-my-own-life-and-i-did-and-it/) [Walt Disney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-disney/) > [I am not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other motion picture company.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-disney/i-am-not-influenced-by-the-techniques-or-fashions-of-any-other-motion/) [Walt Disney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-disney/) > [Women are the best judges of anything we turn out. Their taste is very important. They are the theatergoers; they are the ones who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-disney/women-are-the-best-judges-of-anything-we-turn-out-their-taste-is-very/) [Walt Disney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-disney/) > [Who says we have to grow up?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-disney/who-says-we-have-to-grow-up/) [Walt Disney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-disney/) > [Forever is a long long time and time has a way of changing things](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-disney/forever-is-a-long-long-time-and-time-has-a-way-of-changing-things/) [Walt Disney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-disney/) > [If I depended on critics and children to make a living I'd grow broke.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-disney/if-i-depended-on-critics-and-children-to-make-a-living-i-d-grow-broke/) [Walt Disney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-disney/) > [“To the youngsters of today, I say believe in the future, the world is getting better; there still is plenty of opportunity”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-disney/to-the-youngsters-of-today-i-say-believe-in-the-future-the-world-is/) [Walt Disney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-disney/) > [Do a good job. You don't have to worry about the money; it will take care of itself. Just do your best work then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-disney/do-a-good-job-you-don-t-have-to-worry-about-the-money-it-will-take/) [Walt Disney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-disney/) > [If watching is all you're going to do, then you're going to watch your life go by without you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-disney/if-watching-is-all-you-re-going-to-do-then-you-re-going-to-watch-your/) [Walt Disney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-disney/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cartoon/walt-disney/#itemlist", "name": "8 Cartoon Quotes By Walt Disney", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I started, actually, to make my first animated cartoon in 1920. 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