“There was something about Mary Blair’s style that appealed to Walt’s sensitivity: the way she projected a childlike innocence into her art or, perhaps, her uncanny sense of color. At first, Walt was a little stunned at the new stuff [Mary was creating], and then he began realizing it was contemporary and it was something he should be using. I think he discovered himself at the same time, his artistic self. Walt’s self-discovery made Mary Blair the most influential Disney concept artist of the 1950s.” - Didier Ghez. They Drew As they Pleased.
