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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Prizes do not mean anything to me.
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It is important to make a child aware of the existence of a weird creature like a water spider that breathes through its backside.
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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’d like more of the world go back to being wild.
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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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See the good in that which is evil, and the evil in that which is good.”
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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 create women characters by watching the female staff at my studio. Half the staff are women.
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I was never more passionate about manga than when preparing for my college entrance exams.
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Danger doesn’t always come from the enemy.
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Logic is using the front part of the brain, that’s all.
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Virtual reality is a denial of reality.
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Airplanes are not tools for war. They are not for making money. Airplanes are beautiful dreams. Engineers turn dreams into reality.
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I intend to work until the day I die.
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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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First: don’t panic! Second: don’t panic! And third: did I mention not to panic?!
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The future is clear. It’s going to fall apart. What’s the use in worrying? It’s inevitable.
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It’s not very pleasant to draw evil figures.
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Stop trying. Take long walks. Look at scenery. Doze off at noon. Don’t even think about flying. And then, pretty soon, you’ll be flying again.
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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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Children understand intuitively that the world they have been born into is not a blessed world.
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Humans have both the urge to create and destroy.
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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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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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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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Once you have met someone, you never really forget them.
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