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.
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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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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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.
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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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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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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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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.
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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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Adding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into.
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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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I end up writing not from my own will, but from theirs-they come alive as I write and make me do things that I couldn’t have planned.
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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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It is to make it nurture and grow that I write my script- it is directing it that makes my tree blossom and bear fruit.
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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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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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