Floyd Norman Quotes

• Even though I worked hard at times, it was always magical. I have to confess I enjoyed every minute of it. Even the down times I enjoyed, because we were creating something that would make people smile and lift their hearts. You can't think of a better job than that.

  Floyd Norman

  Jobs, Heart, Thinking

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I was lucky enough to realize my dream. When I was a little kid in Santa Barbara, sitting on the floor in my grandmother's house, dreaming of maybe one day working for Walt Disney, and to have that dream come true, I think that's pretty remarkable.

  Floyd Norman

  Dream, Kids, Grandmother

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I think my gift expressed itself in every way possible. When I was a little child, my mother said I used to draw on the walls.

  Floyd Norman

  Mother, Children, Wall

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I've had the opportunity to work on a number of just amazing, exceptional motion pictures. I've had the opportunity to work with some of the finest talent in the business. All this because I was at the right place at the right time.

  Floyd Norman

  Opportunity, Numbers, Talent

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I drew the same things that most boys drew - airplanes and cars and fire engines. Then later on I discovered comic books, and I began to create my own comic stories. I was a comic writer, even when I was five or six years old. I would just make up stories because I thought it was fun.

  Floyd Norman

  Fun, Book, Airplane

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I grew up as a kid being able to attend concerts, go to art museums. Santa Barbara was a rich cultural community, and I had access to everything. I think that shaped me as an artist.

  Floyd Norman

  Art, Kids, Thinking

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I was a very lucky kid, because I grew up affluent Santa Barbara, California. My experience as a child was probably so different from people I met later who grew up in the rural South, where many doors were closed to them.

  Floyd Norman

  Children, Kids, Santa Barbara

  Source: www.pbs.org

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