Is someone different at age 18 or 60? I believe one stays the same.
HAYAO MIYAZAKIYoung people are surrounded by virtual things. Animators can only draw from their own experiences of pain and shock and emotions.
More Hayao Miyazaki Quotes
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It would be wonderful if I could see the end of civilization during my lifetime.
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Logic is using the front part of the brain, that’s all.
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Nobody has the right to sit in judgment and decide what’s good or bad for you.
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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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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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The characters are born from repetition.
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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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There has never been a work of art created which didn’t somehow reflect its own time.
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Animators can only draw from their own experiences of pain and shock and emotions.
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Whoever falls, hatred will breed hatred.
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I find it pointless sitting in my house not working, though I like to go on extended vacations from time to time.
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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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The villains are all parts of me.
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In the middle of hatred and killings, there are things worth living for.
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The characters are born from repetition.
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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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If you release your subconscious it becomes really hard to live a social or family life.
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I make films as a business, not as a cultural endeavor.
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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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Cut off a wolf’s head and it still has the power to bite.
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What you mean by ‘peace’ is nothing more than the endless repetition of human folly.
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First: don’t panic! Second: don’t panic! And third: did I mention not to panic?!
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We get strength and encouragement from watching children.
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I would like to make a film to tell children “it’s good to be alive”.
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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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