To be born means being compelled to choose an era, a place, a life. To exist here, now, means to lost the possibility of being countless other potential selves.
HAYAO MIYAZAKITo young people, anime is something they incorporate into this private world.
More Hayao Miyazaki Quotes
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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 always have to appeal to your audience.
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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 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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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’m not going to make movies that tell children, “You should despair and run away”.
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We get strength and encouragement from watching children.
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Producing an animation series merely to fill time slots in the broadcast schedule is like generating cultural pollution.
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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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Airplanes are not tools for war. They are not for making money. Airplanes are beautiful dreams. Engineers turn dreams into reality.
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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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You may not like what’s happening, but just accept it, and let’s try to live together.
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All my films are all my children.
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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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