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.
AKIRA KUROSAWAI 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.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
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I end up writing not from my own will, but from theirs-they come alive as I write and make me do things that I couldn’t have planned.
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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
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I don’t feel out of place. I think of earth as my home. If everyone thought this way, people might notice just how foolish international friction is and the would be put an end to it.
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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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When I start on a film I always have a number of ideas about my project. Then one of them begins to germinate, to sprout, and it is this, which I take and work with.
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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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With a good script a good director can produce a masterpiece; with the same script a mediocre director can make a passable film. But with a bad script even a good director can’t possibly make a good film.
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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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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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