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
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.
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.
ideas people dining
Walt's idea was that - as soon as the people who were dining got through their main course. They were supposed to all be seated, served at the same time, when they got into the dessert.
people cynical intuition
Walt had a marvelous intuition. And because he understood people very well, liked them and had great respect for people, there was nothing cynical about Walt.
people attention stories
I suppose that I was a kind of consultant for taste. Is it good taste? Or bad taste? I had an attention to detail, to what would tell best the story. Because many people get excited about the work and drift off from the story.
paris skeletons people
Now people don't know what it was in the Paris version, they put the skeleton at the end, not at the beginning. At least they've learn something!
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.
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.