To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means to never look away.
AKIRA KUROSAWAIn a mad world only the mad are sane.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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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 look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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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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That is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.
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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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Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.
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I believe that it is this quality that draws people to come and see a film, and that it is the hope of attaining this quality that inspires the filmmaker to make his film in the first place.
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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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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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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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The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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