In a mad world only the mad are sane.
AKIRA KUROSAWAMovie 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 characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they’ve been given.
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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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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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Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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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 believe you must live honestly and develop your abilities to the full. People who do this are the real heroes.
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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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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 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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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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Adding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into.
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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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The role of the artist is to not look away.
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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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