For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water.
AKIRA KUROSAWATo be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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It is to make it nurture and grow that I write my script- it is directing it that makes my tree blossom and bear fruit.
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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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If I were to write anything at all, it would turn out to be nothing but talk about movies. In other words, take ‘myself,’ subtract ‘movies,’ and the result is ‘zero.’
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I believe this is what the medieval Noh playwright and theorist Zeami meant by ‘watching with a detached gaze.’
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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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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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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 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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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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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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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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I simply do not like to show my weakness, and I hate to lose, so I am a person who tries hard. That’s all there is to me.
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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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