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.
AKIRA KUROSAWAIf you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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The role of the artist is to not look away.
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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 truth is in the mystery.
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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 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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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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What nurtures this root and makes it grow into a tree is the script. What makes the tree bear flowers and fruit is the directing.
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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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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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That is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.
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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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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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If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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