I’m not going to make movies that tell children, “You should despair and run away”.
HAYAO MIYAZAKIThere has never been a work of art created which didn’t somehow reflect its own time.
More Hayao Miyazaki Quotes
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Life is a winking light in the darkness.
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In order to grow your audience, you must betray their expectations.
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I wanted to convey the message to children that this life is worth living.
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Once you have met someone, you never really forget them.
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I don’t intentionally make deep movies.
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I find it pointless sitting in my house not working, though I like to go on extended vacations from time to time.
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Cut off a wolf’s head and it still has the power to bite.
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There has never been a work of art created which didn’t somehow reflect its own time.
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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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Prizes do not mean anything to me.
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I 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.
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Sometimes I test myself saying, ‘If I get a death sentence if I don’t make this movie, would I still make this movie?
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First: don’t panic! Second: don’t panic! And third: did I mention not to panic?!
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I do believe in the power of story. I believe that stories have an important role to play in the formation of human beings, that they can stimulate, amaze and inspire their listeners.
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You always have to appeal to your audience.
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