It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
AKIRA KUROSAWAbut ignorance is a kind of insanity in the human animal. People who delight in torturing defenseless children or tiny creatures are in reality insane.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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The truth is in the mystery.
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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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By doing this I sense instantly when something isn’t right. Watching something does not mean fixing your gaze on it, but being aware of it in a natural way.
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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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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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I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.
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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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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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I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
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The role of the artist is to not look away.
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To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means never to look away.
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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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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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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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