Yet once being born there is no turning back.
HAYAO MIYAZAKIProducing an animation series merely to fill time slots in the broadcast schedule is like generating cultural pollution.
More Hayao Miyazaki Quotes
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The characters are born from repetition.
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We depict hatred, but it is to depict that there are more important things. We depict a curse, to depict the joy of liberation.
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I do believe in the power of story. I believe that stories have an important role to play in the formation of human beings, that they can stimulate, amaze and inspire their listeners.
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It is important to make a child aware of the existence of a weird creature like a water spider that breathes through its backside.
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Always believe in yourself. Do this and no matter where you are, you will have nothing to fear.
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I’m not going to make movies that tell children, “You should despair and run away”.
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Modern life is so thin and shallow and fake. I look forward to when developers go bankrupt, Japan gets poorer and wild grasses take over.
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As humans grew stronger, I think that we became quite arrogant, losing the sorrow of ‘we have no other choice.’
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The greatness of a mind is determined by the depth of its suffering.
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Children understand intuitively that the world they have been born into is not a blessed world.
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My process is thinking, thinking and thinking – thinking about my stories for a long time.
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I don’t intentionally make deep movies.
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Humans have both the urge to create and destroy.
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Stop trying. Take long walks. Look at scenery. Doze off at noon. Don’t even think about flying. And then, pretty soon, you’ll be flying again.
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The characters are born from repetition.
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