There cannot be a happy ending to the fight between the raging gods and humans.
HAYAO MIYAZAKIWhenever someone creates something with all of their heart, then that creation is given a soul.
More Hayao Miyazaki Quotes
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First: don’t panic! Second: don’t panic! And third: did I mention not to panic?!
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The characters are born from repetition.
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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.
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I’m not going to make movies that tell children, “You should despair and run away”.
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The characters are born from repetition.
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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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No matter how many weapons you have, no matter how great your technology might be, the world cannot live without love.
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See the good in that which is evil, and the evil in that which is good.”
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Prizes do not mean anything to me.
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I make films as a business, not as a cultural endeavor.
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Always believe in yourself. Do this and no matter where you are, you will have nothing to fear.
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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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You always have to appeal to your audience.
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Life is a winking light in the darkness.
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As humans grew stronger, I think that we became quite arrogant, losing the sorrow of ‘we have no other choice.’
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There are so many things we can’t do anything about if we think about generalities
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In order to grow your audience, you must betray their expectations.
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Humans have both the urge to create and destroy.
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Life is suffering. It is hard. The world is cursed. But still, you find reasons to keep living.
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Yet, even amidst the hatred and carnage, life is still worth living. It is possible for wonderful encounters and beautiful things to exist.
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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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Whoever falls, hatred will breed hatred.
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I can’t stand modern movies. The images are too weird and eccentric for me.
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Reality is for people that lack imagination.
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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.
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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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