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 MIYAZAKIWe depict hatred, but it is to depict that there are more important things. We depict a curse, to depict the joy of liberation.
HAYAO MIYAZAKIYou may not like what’s happening, but just accept it, and let’s try to live together.
HAYAO MIYAZAKIFirst: don’t panic! Second: don’t panic! And third: did I mention not to panic?!
HAYAO MIYAZAKIThe love of weaponry is often a manifestation of infantile traits in an adult.
HAYAO MIYAZAKIYet, even amidst the hatred and carnage, life is still worth living. It is possible for wonderful encounters and beautiful things to exist.
HAYAO MIYAZAKII create women characters by watching the female staff at my studio. Half the staff are women.
HAYAO MIYAZAKIWhoever falls, hatred will breed hatred.
HAYAO MIYAZAKIThere has never been a work of art created which didn’t somehow reflect its own time.
HAYAO MIYAZAKINobody has the right to sit in judgment and decide what’s good or bad for you.
HAYAO MIYAZAKIProducing an animation series merely to fill time slots in the broadcast schedule is like generating cultural pollution.
HAYAO MIYAZAKII want to portray a slightly different relationship, one where the two mutually inspire each other to live.
HAYAO MIYAZAKIAI animation is, “is an insult to life itself.
HAYAO MIYAZAKIOur lives are like the wind or like sounds. We come into being, resonate with each other. Then fade away.
HAYAO MIYAZAKIThe characters are born from repetition.
HAYAO MIYAZAKIMy process is thinking, thinking and thinking – thinking about my stories for a long time.
HAYAO MIYAZAKIProblems 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.
HAYAO MIYAZAKI