Art Quote by Roy Lichtenstein

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

— Walt Disney

What about Mickey Mouse? Disney tried very hard to make him a star. But Mickey Mouse is more of a symbol than a real…

— Joseph Barbera

Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse

— Anonymous

“Mickey represented an honest product, a pure spirit and a cheerful heart, a sort of staggeringly simple pleasure in the exercise of the imagination.”

— Eve Zibart

Mickey without Minnie, is like me with out you.

— Anonymous

I watching this Disney documentary, and I'm not Disney, but I was thinking about Mickey Mouse and he became an icon. Walt moved onto…

— Genndy Tartakovsky

Mickey Mouse to me means safety, comfort and tradition. A general wash of happiness.

— Phillip Schofield

I would say that Mickey Mouse has a greater influence on the American public than Shakespeare, Milton, Dante, Rabelais, Shostakovitch, Lenin, and/or Van Gogh.…

— Charles Bukowski

That is what [Andy] Warhol portraits do: They elevate the subject into an icon of the pop culture he was documenting.

— Giorgio Armani

I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness.

— Maurice Sendak

Mickey Mouse should be in the public domain by now. What a better world it would be if other people were doing things with…

— Lloyd Kaufman

The attributes we're focused on for Mickey are exactly the ones Walt had in mind in the first place. The original Mickey was impish…

— Bob Iger