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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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The truth is in the mystery.
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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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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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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.
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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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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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Although human beings are incapable of talking about themselves with total honesty, it is much harder to avoid the truth while pretending to be other people.
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Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.
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If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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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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The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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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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They often reveal much about themselves in a very straightforward way. I am certain that I did. There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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