30 Quotes by Marc Davis

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    Drawing is giving a performance; an artist is an actor who is not limited by the body, only by his ability and, perhaps, experience.

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    Animation had been done before, but stories were never told.

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    This had an awful lot to do with the magic that Walt believed in, ... See, this is magic for good ... this girl suddenly is transformed into the princess.

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    It wasn't that you had to do these things, you wanted to do them. You were so proud. Every write-up the studio got, everybody went out and got it.

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    It wasn't a problem for me drawing humans although I had originally come to the studio with the idea that what I had to offer them was my knowledge in the drawing of animals.

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    I joined Walt Disney, went to work, December 2nd 1935, so obviously, I'm not too young!

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    I had some connections from the newspapers that I did work with up there, so there was a newspaper publisher in Hollywood, and they promised me work and so on.

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    I love the adrenaline and the speed, and knowing that I'm in control of something that's going so fast. Just the thrill of going 130 miles an hour.

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    His feeling was the name Walt Disney represented all of us. Walt was hanging by his teeth financially and really I think he was for most of his career. Not at all like today.

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