If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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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Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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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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Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
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The truth is in the mystery.
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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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With a good script a good director can produce a masterpiece; with the same script a mediocre director can make a passable film. But with a bad script even a good director can’t possibly make a good film.
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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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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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The role of the artist is to not look away.
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I 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.
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