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…
AKIRA KUROSAWAIt is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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 is dreaming.
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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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Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
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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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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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I had wanted to make The Idiot long before Rashomon. Since I was little I’ve liked Russian literature, but I find that I like Dostoevsky the best and had long thought that this book would make a wonderful film.
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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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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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While the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else.
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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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During the shooting of a scene the director’s eye has to catch even the minutest detail. But this does not mean glaring concentratedly at the set.
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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.
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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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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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