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.
AKIRA KUROSAWAI 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.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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 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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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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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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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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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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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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With a good script a good director can produce a masterpiece; with the same script a mediocre director can make a passable film. But with a bad script even a good director can’t possibly make a good film.
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Yet pleasure in the work can’t be achieved unless you know you have put all of your strength into it and have done your best to make it come alive.
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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’ve been able to work for so long because I think next time, I’ll make something good.
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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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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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