Life is a winking light in the darkness.
HAYAO MIYAZAKIYet once being born there is no turning back.
More Hayao Miyazaki Quotes
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The creation of a single world comes from a huge number of fragments and chaos.
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I want to portray a slightly different relationship, one where the two mutually inspire each other to live.
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I can’t stand modern movies. The images are too weird and eccentric for me.
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I don’t intentionally make deep movies.
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The future is clear. It’s going to fall apart. What’s the use in worrying? It’s inevitable.
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We get strength and encouragement from watching children.
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I was never more passionate about manga than when preparing for my college entrance exams.
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Those are shrines. Some people believe spirits live in them.
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There are all kinds of values within the films but I don’t make message films.
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It would be wonderful if I could see the end of civilization during my lifetime.
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I wanted to convey the message to children that this life is worth living.
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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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Airplanes are the most beautiful when they are in the air.
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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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Animators can only draw from their own experiences of pain and shock and emotions.
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In order to grow your audience, you must betray their expectations.
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My process is thinking, thinking and thinking – thinking about my stories for a long time.
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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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Airplanes are not tools for war. They are not for making money. Airplanes are beautiful dreams. Engineers turn dreams into reality.
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All my films are all my children.
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It is important to make a child aware of the existence of a weird creature like a water spider that breathes through its backside.
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Virtual reality is a denial of reality.
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The characters are born from repetition.
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Yet, even amidst the hatred and carnage, life is still worth living. It is possible for wonderful encounters and beautiful things to exist.
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In the past, humans hesitated when they took lives, even non-human lives. But society had changed, and they no longer felt that way.
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Yet once being born there is no turning back.
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