What you mean by ‘peace’ is nothing more than the endless repetition of human folly.
HAYAO MIYAZAKII want to portray a slightly different relationship, one where the two mutually inspire each other to live.
More Hayao Miyazaki Quotes
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I wanted to convey the message to children that this life is worth living.
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It would be wonderful if I could see the end of civilization during my lifetime.
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The winds of time eventually turn them into the tools of industrial civillisation. It’s never unscathed.
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I don’t like games. You’re robbing the precious time of children to be children. They need to be in touch with the real world more.
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Cut off a wolf’s head and it still has the power to bite.
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Those are shrines. Some people believe spirits live in them.
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In the middle of hatred and killings, there are things worth living for.
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The future is clear. It’s going to fall apart. What’s the use in worrying? It’s inevitable.
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Problems begin the moment we’re born. We’re born with infinite possibilities, only to give up on one after another. To choose one thing means to give up another. That’s inevitable. But what can you do? That’s what it is to live.
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There has never been a work of art created which didn’t somehow reflect its own time.
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Reality is for people that lack imagination.
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I want to portray a slightly different relationship, one where the two mutually inspire each other to live.
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I never read reviews. I’m not interested. But I value a lot the reactions of the spectators.
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You may not like what’s happening, but just accept it, and let’s try to live together.
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I would like to make a film to tell children “it’s good to be alive”.
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The characters are born from repetition.
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I can’t stand modern movies. The images are too weird and eccentric for me.
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In the past, humans hesitated when they took lives, even non-human lives. But society had changed, and they no longer felt that way.
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We get strength and encouragement from watching children.
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First: don’t panic! Second: don’t panic! And third: did I mention not to panic?!
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Utopia exists only in one’s childhood life.
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When I say ‘hero’, do not picture someone with strength to fight and conquer evil – because evil is not something that can ever be conquered or defeated. Evil is natural. It is innate in all humans.
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I think we should stop using nuclear power plants because it’s an old system that we can’t control.
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Yet once being born there is no turning back.
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Whenever someone creates something with all of their heart, then that creation is given a soul.
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I was never more passionate about manga than when preparing for my college entrance exams.
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