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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
Akira Kurosawa
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Akira Kurosawa
Age: 88 †
Born: 1910
Born: March 23
Died: 1998
Died: September 6
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Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.
Akira Kurosawa
If I were to write anything at all, it would turn out to be nothing but talk about movies. In other words, take 'myself,' subtract 'movies,' and the result is 'zero.'
Akira Kurosawa
The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making. Yet pleasure in the work can’t be achieved unless you know you have put all of your strength into it and have done your best to make it come alive. A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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but ignorance is a kind of insanity in the human animal. People who delight in torturing defenseless children or tiny creatures are in reality insane. The terrible thing is that people who are madmen in private may wear a totally bland and innocent expression in public.
Akira Kurosawa
There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
Akira Kurosawa
Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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I can't afford to hate anyone. I don't have that kind of time.
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To be an artist means never to avert one's eyes.
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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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I suppose all of my films have a common theme. If I think about it, though, the only theme I can think of is really a question: Why can’t people be happier together?
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Man is a genius when he dreams. Dream what you are capable of. The harder you dream it, the sooner it will come true.
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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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The role of the artist is to not look away.
Akira Kurosawa
People today have forgotten they're really just a part of nature. Yet, they destroy the nature on which our lives depend. They always think they can make something better... They don't know it, but they're losing nature. They don't see that they're going to perish. The most important things for human beings are clean air and clean water.
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The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
Akira Kurosawa
In a mad world only the mad are sane.
Akira Kurosawa
If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
Akira Kurosawa
For me, filmmaking combines everything. That's the reason I've made cinema my life's work. In films, painting and literature, theatre and music come together. But a film is still a film.
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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
Akira Kurosawa
The truth is in the mystery.
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