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.
AKIRA KUROSAWAMan is a genius when he is dreaming.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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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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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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Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.
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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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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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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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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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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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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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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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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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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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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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