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.
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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Our lives are like the wind or like sounds. We come into being, resonate with each other. Then fade away.
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In this world of ours, the sparrow must live like a hawk if he is to fly at all.
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Virtual reality is a denial of reality.
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Those are shrines. Some people believe spirits live in them.
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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 was never more passionate about manga than when preparing for my college entrance exams.
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If you release your subconscious it becomes really hard to live a social or family life.
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I think that in the essence of human civilization, we have the desire to become rich without limit, by taking the lives of other creatures.
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The characters are born from repetition.
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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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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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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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I create women characters by watching the female staff at my studio. Half the staff are women.
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We each need to find our own inspiration. Sometimes it is not easy.
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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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