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 like silent pictures and I always have … I wanted to restore some of this beauty. I thought of it, I remember in this way.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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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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The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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When I start on a film I always have a number of ideas about my project. Then one of them begins to germinate, to sprout, and it is this, which I take and work with.
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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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There is something that might be called cinematic beauty. It can only be expressed in a film, and it must be present for that film to be a moving work.
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I believe you must live honestly and develop your abilities to the full. People who do this are the real heroes.
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Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
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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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Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.
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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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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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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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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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I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.
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