I believe that it is this quality that draws people to come and see a film, and that it is the hope of attaining this quality that inspires the filmmaker to make his film in the first place.
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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By doing this I sense instantly when something isn’t right. Watching something does not mean fixing your gaze on it, but being aware of it in a natural way.
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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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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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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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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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For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water.
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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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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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Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
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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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Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they’ve been given.
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