"Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood language."

"I never show a bad cartoon from another studio."

"The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique."

"I am in no sense of the word a great artist, not even a great animator; I have always had men working for me whose skills were greater than my own. I am an idea man."

"Leadership means that a group, large or small, is willing to entrust authority to a person who has shown judgment, wisdom, personal appeal, and proven competence."