To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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While the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else.
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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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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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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Man is a genius when he dreams. Dream what you are capable of. The harder you dream it, the sooner it will come true.
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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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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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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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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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Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
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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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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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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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