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AKIRA KUROSAWAThere is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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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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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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I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
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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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Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied… That’s why they can keep on working.
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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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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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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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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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For me, filmmaking combines everything. That’s the reason I’ve made cinema my life’s work. In films, painting and literature, theatre and music come together. But a film is still a film.
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The role of the artist is to not look away.
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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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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.
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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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