Our lives are like the wind or like sounds. We come into being, resonate with each other. Then fade away.
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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As humans grew stronger, I think that we became quite arrogant, losing the sorrow of ‘we have no other choice.’
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I was never more passionate about manga than when preparing for my college entrance exams.
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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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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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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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My process is thinking, thinking and thinking – thinking about my stories for a long time.
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If you release your subconscious it becomes really hard to live a social or family life.
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You always have to appeal to your audience.
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I intend to work until the day I die.
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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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I do believe in the power of story. I believe that stories have an important role to play in the formation of human beings, that they can stimulate, amaze and inspire their listeners.
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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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Do everything by hand, even when using the computer.
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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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Producing an animation series merely to fill time slots in the broadcast schedule is like generating cultural pollution.
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