John Hench
John Hench
John Henchwas an employee of The Walt Disney Company for more than 65 years, during which saw the creation of nearly every Disney animated feature and theme park...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth29 June 1908
CountryUnited States of America
american-artist
When you go to the park, there is no horizon - just Disneyland.
american-artist discover discovered public skeletons somebody supposed
Then, you were supposed to discover the city, where they were. But because somebody like skeletons. And that they discovered that they were at a cheap price, we used too many skeletons all over the place, and the public got the wrong message.
american-artist built main maybe second supposed throw
It was supposed to be in the second street project for Main Street. But who knows? Maybe it will be built one of these days. We never throw away any idea.
american-artist communication knew walt
Walt put everything he knew about communication with images into the park, so it was very familiar.
american-artist enjoyed hard since stayed work
Because, you know, it's never a hard work when you enjoy yourself. Look, I've been here since 57 years, and I don't have to explain why I've stayed so long. I always enjoyed it.
art school people
I have wanted to be a fine artist painter, and I reached the point in art schools were I'd like to understand more about images and how images communicate information to people. And I was not getting very far in that from my professors.
children wall talking
Even in China. Children there, next to the Great Wall, who had never seen Mickey Mouse responded. So the studio did have that skill to communicate with images.
morning play cartoon
In live action movies, you just hope that everything works. Because the actor may had a bad morning and doesn't play good, or accidents happen continuously. Many things contradict what you are trying to say. But in cartoons, nothing contradict what you want to say.
business design perception
The boundaries of design are the same as the problem of perception.
ideas florida done
For instance, some early ideas for Florida were done only recently. The idea of a little village was there from the beginning and now we have this "Celebration" village. Same thing for the Disney Institute. Walt talked about this idea in the very first.
two dry animation
I did what we call dry for wet effects, some of the miniatures work and two animation sequences.
optimism fundamentals levels
I always admired Walt's optimism. He seemed to know the direction he was going to. When I was at the studio, I remember he kept driving all of us back down to a more fundamental level all the time.
thinking magic-kingdom bird
The show is being changed right now, by the way. Jeff Burke is doing it for the Magic Kingdom. And I think it will be better, with new birds, master of ceremonies, etc.
people feelings too-much
We don't have too much ritual in our life anymore. And these life symbols which people rely on to keep their feeling of well being, that life is not too bad after all are required more and more.