Producing an animation series merely to fill time slots in the broadcast schedule is like generating cultural pollution.
HAYAO MIYAZAKII make films as a business, not as a cultural endeavor.
More Hayao Miyazaki Quotes
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I would like to make a film to tell children “it’s good to be alive”.
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People in Japan have experienced many tsunamis and various earthquakes throughout the ages.
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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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I’d rather be a pig than a fascist.
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I’ve become skeptical of the unwritten rule that just because a boy and girl appear in the same feature, a romance must ensue.
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In this world of ours, the sparrow must live like a hawk if he is to fly at all.
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You must see with eyes unclouded by hate. See the good in that which is evil, and the evil in that which is good. Pledge yourself to neither side, but vow instead to preserve the balance that exists between the two.
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What you mean by ‘peace’ is nothing more than the endless repetition of human folly.
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The greatness of a mind is determined by the depth of its suffering.
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Humans have both the urge to create and destroy.
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Yet once being born there is no turning back.
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If you release your subconscious it becomes really hard to live a social or family life.
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Some people spend their lives interested only in themselves.
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In order to grow your audience, you must betray their expectations.
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I want to portray a slightly different relationship, one where the two mutually inspire each other to live.
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