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 MIYAZAKII would like to make a film to tell children “it’s good to be alive”.
More Hayao Miyazaki Quotes
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Airplanes are the most beautiful when they are in the air.
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Since I am a person who starts work without clear knowledge of a storyline, every single scene is a pivotal scene.
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I’m not going to make movies that tell children, “You should despair and run away”.
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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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Virtual reality is a denial of reality.
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What you mean by ‘peace’ is nothing more than the endless repetition of human folly.
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We each need to find our own inspiration. Sometimes it is not easy.
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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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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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I think that’s exactly why the fantasy worlds of cartoon movies so strongly represent our hopes and yearnings. They illustrate a world of lost possibilities for us.
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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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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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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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The greatness of a mind is determined by the depth of its suffering.
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To young people, anime is something they incorporate into this private world.
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