In a mad world only the mad are sane.
AKIRA KUROSAWAAlthough 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.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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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 can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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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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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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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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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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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 you must live honestly and develop your abilities to the full. People who do this are the real heroes.
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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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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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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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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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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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