You may not like what’s happening, but just accept it, and let’s try to live together.
HAYAO MIYAZAKIWhen 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.
More Hayao Miyazaki Quotes
-
-
I can’t stand modern movies. The images are too weird and eccentric for me.
HAYAO MIYAZAKI -
I’d rather be a pig than a fascist.
HAYAO MIYAZAKI -
We depict hatred, but it is to depict that there are more important things. We depict a curse, to depict the joy of liberation.
HAYAO MIYAZAKI -
Life is suffering. It is hard. The world is cursed. But still, you find reasons to keep living.
HAYAO MIYAZAKI -
I think we should stop using nuclear power plants because it’s an old system that we can’t control.
HAYAO MIYAZAKI -
We live in an age when it is cheaper to buy the rights to movies than to make them.
HAYAO MIYAZAKI -
First: don’t panic! Second: don’t panic! And third: did I mention not to panic?!
HAYAO MIYAZAKI -
I make films as a business, not as a cultural endeavor.
HAYAO MIYAZAKI -
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.
HAYAO MIYAZAKI -
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.
HAYAO MIYAZAKI -
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.
HAYAO MIYAZAKI -
Whenever someone creates something with all of their heart, then that creation is given a soul.
HAYAO MIYAZAKI -
In the past, humans hesitated when they took lives, even non-human lives. But society had changed, and they no longer felt that way.
HAYAO MIYAZAKI -
In order to grow your audience, you must betray their expectations.
HAYAO MIYAZAKI -
It is important to make a child aware of the existence of a weird creature like a water spider that breathes through its backside.
HAYAO MIYAZAKI