The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
AKIRA KUROSAWATo be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means never to look away.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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I suppose all of my films have a common theme. If I think about it, though, the only theme I can think of is really a question: Why can’t people be happier together?
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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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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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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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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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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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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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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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Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.
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To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means to never look away.
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