I like silent pictures and I always have … I wanted to restore some of this beauty. I thought of it, I remember in this way.
AKIRA KUROSAWAbut ignorance is a kind of insanity in the human animal. People who delight in torturing defenseless children or tiny creatures are in reality insane.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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Adding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into.
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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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For me, filmmaking combines everything. That’s the reason I’ve made cinema my life’s work. In films, painting and literature, theatre and music come together. But a film is still a film.
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I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.
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I don’t feel out of place. I think of earth as my home. If everyone thought this way, people might notice just how foolish international friction is and the would be put an end to it.
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Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
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That is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.
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With a good script a good director can produce a masterpiece; with the same script a mediocre director can make a passable film. But with a bad script even a good director can’t possibly make a good film.
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People today have forgotten they’re really just a part of nature. Yet, they destroy the nature on which our lives depend. They always think they can make something better…
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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Yet pleasure in the work can’t be achieved unless you know you have put all of your strength into it and have done your best to make it come alive.
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Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
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