I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
AKIRA KUROSAWAThe truth is in the mystery.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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If I were to write anything at all, it would turn out to be nothing but talk about movies. In other words, take ‘myself,’ subtract ‘movies,’ and the result is ‘zero.’
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The terrible thing is that people who are madmen in private may wear a totally bland and innocent expression in public.
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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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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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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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He is still my favourite author, and he is the one – I still think – who writes most honestly about human existence.
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I believe that it is this quality that draws people to come and see a film, and that it is the hope of attaining this quality that inspires the filmmaker to make his film in the first place.
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I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
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The role of the artist is to not look away.
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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water.
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In order to find reality, each must search for his own universe, look for the details that contribute to this reality7 that one feels under the surface of things.
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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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