They don’t know it, but they’re losing nature. They don’t see that they’re going to perish. The most important things for human beings are clean air and clean water.
AKIRA KUROSAWAWhat nurtures this root and makes it grow into a tree is the script. What makes the tree bear flowers and fruit is the directing.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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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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Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
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To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means never to look away.
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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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While the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else.
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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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When I start on a film I always have a number of ideas about my project. Then one of them begins to germinate, to sprout, and it is this, which I take and work with.
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If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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The terrible thing is that people who are madmen in private may wear a totally bland and innocent expression in public.
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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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I believe this is what the medieval Noh playwright and theorist Zeami meant by ‘watching with a detached gaze.’
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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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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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