but ignorance is a kind of insanity in the human animal. People who delight in torturing defenseless children or tiny creatures are in reality insane.
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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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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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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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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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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If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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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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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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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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The role of the artist is to not look away.
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Adding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into.
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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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The truth is in the mystery.
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For me, filmmaking combines everything. That’s the reason I’ve made cinema my life’s work. In films, painting and literature, theatre and music come together. But a film is still a film.
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