The truth is in the mystery.
AKIRA KUROSAWAI like silent pictures and I always have … I wanted to restore some of this beauty. I thought of it, I remember in this way.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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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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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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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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I believe this is what the medieval Noh playwright and theorist Zeami meant by ‘watching with a detached gaze.’
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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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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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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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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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By doing this I sense instantly when something isn’t right. Watching something does not mean fixing your gaze on it, but being aware of it in a natural way.
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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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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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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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