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.
AKIRA KUROSAWAIt’s easy to explain the psychological state of a character at a particular moment, but it’s very difficult to describe it through the delicate nuances of action and dialogue. Yet it is not impossible.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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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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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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Man is a genius when he dreams. Dream what you are capable of. The harder you dream it, the sooner it will come true.
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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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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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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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Adding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into.
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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this 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 am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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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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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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