The role of the artist is to not look away.
AKIRA KUROSAWAIn order to find reality, each must search for his own universe, look for the details that contribute to this reality7 that one feels under the surface of things.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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If I were to write anything at all, it would turn out to be nothing but talk about movies. In other words, take ‘myself,’ subtract ‘movies,’ and the result is ‘zero.’
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Yet pleasure in the work can’t be achieved unless you know you have put all of your strength into it and have done your best to make it come alive.
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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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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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Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.
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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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The truth is in the mystery.
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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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I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.
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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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For me, filmmaking combines everything. That’s the reason I’ve made cinema my life’s work. In films, painting and literature, theatre and music come together. But a film is still a film.
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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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In order to find reality, each must search for his own universe, look for the details that contribute to this reality7 that one feels under the surface of things.
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For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water.
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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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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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It is to make it nurture and grow that I write my script- it is directing it that makes my tree blossom and bear fruit.
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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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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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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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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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While the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else.
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