Sometimes I test myself saying, ‘If I get a death sentence if I don’t make this movie, would I still make this movie?
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More Hayao Miyazaki Quotes
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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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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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Currently computer graphics are used a great deal, but it can be excessive.
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We live in an age when it is cheaper to buy the rights to movies than to make them.
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To young people, anime is something they incorporate into this private world.
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I think it’s really good for a family or children to have a dog, cat, bird or whatever to grow up with.
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Engineers turn dreams into reality.
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Any woman is just as capable of being a hero as any man.
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Young people are surrounded by virtual things. Animators can only draw from their own experiences of pain and shock and emotions.
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When I start creating a villain, I start liking the villain and so the villain is not really evil.
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Whenever someone creates something with all of their heart, then that creation is given a soul.
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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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People in Japan have experienced many tsunamis and various earthquakes throughout the ages.
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The greatness of a mind is determined by the depth of its suffering.
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Airplanes are the most beautiful when they are in the air.
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If you’re going to retire, retire early.
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I’d rather be a pig than a fascist.
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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.
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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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You may not like what’s happening, but just accept it, and let’s try to live together.
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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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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 create women characters by watching the female staff at my studio. Half the staff are women.
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Yet once being born there is no turning back.
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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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My process is thinking, thinking and thinking – thinking about my stories for a long time.
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