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.
AKIRA KUROSAWAThe role of the artist is to not look away.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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It’s easy to explain the psychological state of a character at a particular moment, but it’s very difficult to describe it through the delicate nuances of action and dialogue. Yet it is not impossible.
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Man is a genius when he dreams. Dream what you are capable of. The harder you dream it, the sooner it will come true.
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In order to find reality, each must search for his own universe, look for the details that contribute to this reality7 that one feels under the surface of things.
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That is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.
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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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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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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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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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I’ve been able to work for so long because I think next time, I’ll make something good.
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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.
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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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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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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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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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