In a mad world only the mad are sane.
AKIRA KUROSAWAIt is to make it nurture and grow that I write my script- it is directing it that makes my tree blossom and bear fruit.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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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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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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If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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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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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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The role of the artist is to not look away.
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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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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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What nurtures this root and makes it grow into a tree is the script. What makes the tree bear flowers and fruit is the directing.
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I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.
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Yet pleasure in the work can’t be achieved unless you know you have put all of your strength into it and have done your best to make it come alive.
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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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I believe this is what the medieval Noh playwright and theorist Zeami meant by ‘watching with a detached gaze.’
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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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