I can’t stand modern movies. The images are too weird and eccentric for me.
HAYAO MIYAZAKITo 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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The winds of time eventually turn them into the tools of industrial civillisation. It’s never unscathed.
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We depict hatred, but it is to depict that there are more important things. We depict a curse, to depict the joy of liberation.
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The greatness of a mind is determined by the depth of its suffering.
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When I say ‘hero’, do not picture someone with strength to fight and conquer evil – because evil is not something that can ever be conquered or defeated. Evil is natural. It is innate in all humans.
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Any woman is just as capable of being a hero as any man.
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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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As humans grew stronger, I think that we became quite arrogant, losing the sorrow of ‘we have no other choice.’
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If you’re going to retire, retire early.
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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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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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We get strength and encouragement from watching children.
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Engineers turn dreams into reality.
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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 don’t like games. You’re robbing the precious time of children to be children. They need to be in touch with the real world more.
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I don’t intentionally make deep movies.
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