To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means to never look away.
AKIRA KUROSAWAAdding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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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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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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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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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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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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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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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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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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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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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 never to avert one’s eyes.
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The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they’ve been given.
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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.
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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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