It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
AKIRA KUROSAWAI don’t feel out of place. I think of earth as my home. If everyone thought this way, people might notice just how foolish international friction is and the would be put an end to it.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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It’s easy to explain the psychological state of a character at a particular moment, but it’s very difficult to describe it through the delicate nuances of action and dialogue. Yet it is not impossible.
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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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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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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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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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I believe that it is this quality that draws people to come and see a film, and that it is the hope of attaining this quality that inspires the filmmaker to make his film in the first place.
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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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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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Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water.
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The role of the artist is to not look away.
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