You must see with eyes unclouded by hate. See the good in that which is evil, and the evil in that which is good. Pledge yourself to neither side, but vow instead to preserve the balance that exists between the two.
HAYAO MIYAZAKII think that’s exactly why the fantasy worlds of cartoon movies so strongly represent our hopes and yearnings. They illustrate a world of lost possibilities for us.
More Hayao Miyazaki Quotes
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To be born means being compelled to choose an era, a place, a life. To exist here, now, means to lost the possibility of being countless other potential selves.
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I make films as a business, not as a cultural endeavor.
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The greatness of a mind is determined by the depth of its suffering.
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I think it’s really good for a family or children to have a dog, cat, bird or whatever to grow up with.
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Producing an animation series merely to fill time slots in the broadcast schedule is like generating cultural pollution.
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Modern life is so thin and shallow and fake. I look forward to when developers go bankrupt, Japan gets poorer and wild grasses take over.
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I think that in the essence of human civilization, we have the desire to become rich without limit, by taking the lives of other creatures.
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You may not like what’s happening, but just accept it, and let’s try to live together.
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See the good in that which is evil, and the evil in that which is good.”
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Children understand intuitively that the world they have been born into is not a blessed world.
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To young people, anime is something they incorporate into this private world.
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Is someone different at age 18 or 60? I believe one stays the same.
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When I say ‘hero’, do not picture someone with strength to fight and conquer evil – because evil is not something that can ever be conquered or defeated. Evil is natural. It is innate in all humans.
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The winds of time eventually turn them into the tools of industrial civillisation. It’s never unscathed.
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I’ve become skeptical of the unwritten rule that just because a boy and girl appear in the same feature, a romance must ensue.
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