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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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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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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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means to never 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 root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they’ve been given.
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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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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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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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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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Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
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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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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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If I were to write anything at all, it would turn out to be nothing but talk about movies. In other words, take ‘myself,’ subtract ‘movies,’ and the result is ‘zero.’
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