There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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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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.
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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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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 believe this is what the medieval Noh playwright and theorist Zeami meant by ‘watching with a detached gaze.’
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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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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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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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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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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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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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Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
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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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I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
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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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There is something that might be called cinematic beauty. It can only be expressed in a film, and it must be present for that film to be a moving work.
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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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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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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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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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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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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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People today have forgotten they’re really just a part of nature. Yet, they destroy the nature on which our lives depend. They always think they can make something better…
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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