To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means to never look away.
AKIRA KUROSAWAIf you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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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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Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
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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’ve been able to work for so long because I think next time, I’ll make something good.
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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 is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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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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While the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else.
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but ignorance is a kind of insanity in the human animal. People who delight in torturing defenseless children or tiny creatures are in reality insane.
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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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Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.
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What nurtures this root and makes it grow into a tree is the script. What makes the tree bear flowers and fruit is the directing.
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