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.
AKIRA KUROSAWABy 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.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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 something that might be called cinematic beauty. It can only be expressed in a film, and it must be present for that film to be a moving work.
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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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I like silent pictures and I always have … I wanted to restore some of this beauty. I thought of it, I remember in this way.
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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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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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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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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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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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During the shooting of a scene the director’s eye has to catch even the minutest detail. But this does not mean glaring concentratedly at the set.
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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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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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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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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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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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