Young people are surrounded by virtual things. Animators can only draw from their own experiences of pain and shock and emotions.
HAYAO MIYAZAKICut off a wolf’s head and it still has the power to bite.
More Hayao Miyazaki Quotes
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Is someone different at age 18 or 60? I believe one stays the same.
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Nobody has the right to sit in judgment and decide what’s good or bad for you.
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People in Japan have experienced many tsunamis and various earthquakes throughout the ages.
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In the middle of hatred and killings, there are things worth living for.
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In this world of ours, the sparrow must live like a hawk if he is to fly at all.
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There are so many things we can’t do anything about if we think about generalities
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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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Whoever falls, hatred will breed hatred.
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We depict hatred, but it is to depict that there are more important things. We depict a curse, to depict the joy of liberation.
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Yet once being born there is no turning back.
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I create women characters by watching the female staff at my studio. Half the staff are women.
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If you release your subconscious it becomes really hard to live a social or family life.
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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.
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See the good in that which is evil, and the evil in that which is good.”
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I think 2-D animation disappeared from Disney because they made so many uninteresting films.
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First: don’t panic! Second: don’t panic! And third: did I mention not to panic?!
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As humans grew stronger, I think that we became quite arrogant, losing the sorrow of ‘we have no other choice.’
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It would be wonderful if I could see the end of civilization during my lifetime.
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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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Since I am a person who starts work without clear knowledge of a storyline, every single scene is a pivotal scene.
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Our lives are like the wind or like sounds. We come into being, resonate with each other. Then fade away.
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The greatness of a mind is determined by the depth of its suffering.
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Virtual reality is a denial of reality.
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I never read reviews. I’m not interested. But I value a lot the reactions of the spectators.
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Those are shrines. Some people believe spirits live in them.
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Airplanes are the most beautiful when they are in the air.
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