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?
AKIRA KUROSAWAPage 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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The truth is in the mystery.
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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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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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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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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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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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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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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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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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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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They often reveal much about themselves in a very straightforward way. I am certain that I did. There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means never to look away.
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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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