I’ve been able to work for so long because I think next time, I’ll make something good.
AKIRA KUROSAWAI believe you must live honestly and develop your abilities to the full. People who do this are the real heroes.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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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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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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I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
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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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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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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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When I start on a film I always have a number of ideas about my project. Then one of them begins to germinate, to sprout, and it is this, which I take and work with.
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The role of the artist is to not look away.
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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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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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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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