I believe you must live honestly and develop your abilities to the full. People who do this are the real heroes.
AKIRA KUROSAWAThe truth is in the mystery.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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They often reveal much about themselves in a very straightforward way. I am certain that I did. There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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They don’t know it, but they’re losing nature. They don’t see that they’re going to perish. The most important things for human beings are clean air and clean water.
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It is to make it nurture and grow that I write my script- it is directing it that makes my tree blossom and bear fruit.
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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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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I suppose all of my films have a common theme. If I think about it, though, the only theme I can think of is really a question: Why can’t people be happier together?
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but ignorance is a kind of insanity in the human animal. People who delight in torturing defenseless children or tiny creatures are in reality insane.
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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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Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied… That’s why they can keep on working.
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Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.
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There is something that might be called cinematic beauty. It can only be expressed in a film, and it must be present for that film to be a moving work.
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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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The truth is in the mystery.
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