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.
AKIRA KUROSAWAThere 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.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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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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Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
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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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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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If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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He is still my favourite author, and he is the one – I still think – who writes most honestly about human existence.
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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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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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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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The role of the artist is to not look away.
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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this 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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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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