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.
AKIRA KUROSAWAI have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
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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Although human beings are incapable of talking about themselves with total honesty, it is much harder to avoid the truth while pretending to be other people.
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I simply do not like to show my weakness, and I hate to lose, so I am a person who tries hard. That’s all there is to me.
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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 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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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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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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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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The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means to never look away.
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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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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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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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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they’ve been given.
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