The greatness of a mind is determined by the depth of its suffering.
HAYAO MIYAZAKII think that’s exactly why the fantasy worlds of cartoon movies so strongly represent our hopes and yearnings. They illustrate a world of lost possibilities for us.
More Hayao Miyazaki Quotes
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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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I’ve become skeptical of the unwritten rule that just because a boy and girl appear in the same feature, a romance must ensue.
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Danger doesn’t always come from the enemy.
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Engineers turn dreams into reality.
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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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The winds of time eventually turn them into the tools of industrial civillisation. It’s never unscathed.
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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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Life is a winking light in the darkness.
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There are all kinds of values within the films but I don’t make message films.
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Is someone different at age 18 or 60? I believe one stays the same.
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I’d like more of the world go back to being wild.
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I’d rather be a pig than a fascist.
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Animators can only draw from their own experiences of pain and shock and emotions.
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Humans have both the urge to create and destroy.
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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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