My films come from my need to say a particular thing at a particular time. The beginning of any film for me is this need to express something.
AKIRA KUROSAWAThere is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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The truth is in the mystery.
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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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While the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else.
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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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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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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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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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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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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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 had wanted to make The Idiot long before Rashomon. Since I was little I’ve liked Russian literature, but I find that I like Dostoevsky the best and had long thought that this book would make a wonderful film.
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but ignorance is a kind of insanity in the human animal. People who delight in torturing defenseless children or tiny creatures are in reality insane.
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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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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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