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.
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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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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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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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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The role of the artist is to not look away.
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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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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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The truth is in the mystery.
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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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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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During the shooting of a scene the director’s eye has to catch even the minutest detail. But this does not mean glaring concentratedly at the set.
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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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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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Take me, subtract movies, and you get 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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