Ruth Handler

Barbie always represented the fact that a woman has choices.

— Ruth Handler

I thought the Barbie doll would always be successful.

— Ruth Handler

It took us three years to even come close to catching up with the demand a little bit.

— Ruth Handler

I wasn't a financial pro, and I paid the price.

— Ruth Handler

Through their play Barbara imagined their lives as adults. They used the dolls to reflect the adult world around them. They would…

— Ruth Handler

The doll had an adult shaped body, the thing that I had been trying to describe for years, and our guys said…

— Ruth Handler

I did not think this doll could ever be this huge.

— Ruth Handler

It's the degree of success and the length of time that is amazing.

— Ruth Handler

We didn't know how to run a business, but we had dreams and talent.

— Ruth Handler

They were using the dolls to project their dreams of their own futures as adult women.

— Ruth Handler

Television speeded everything up.

— Ruth Handler