Akira Kurosawa Quotes

In a mad world only the mad are sane.

I can't afford to hate anyone. I don't have that kind of time.

Man is a genius when he is dreaming.

Man is a genius when he dreams. Dream what you are capable of. The harder you dream it, the sooner it will come true.

It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.

The role of the artist is to not look away.

There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.

Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.

If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.

Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.

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?

To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means to never look away.

If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.

I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.

Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.

The truth is in the mystery.

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.

The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.

To be an artist means never to avert one's eyes.

A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.

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.'

The great appeal of film is its relatability.

Today’s youngsters will unfortunately never know the thrills we experienced dubbing movies in the era of Rashomon.

But I prefer to think of my brother as a negative strip of film that led to my own development as a positive image.

In a mad world, only the mad are sane.

IT IS QUITE ENOUGH IF A HUMAN BEING HAS BUT ONE FIELD WHERE HE OR SHE IS STRONG. IF A HUMAN BEING WERE STRONG IN EVERY FIELD, IT WOULDN'T BE NICE FOR OTHER PEOPLE, WOULD IT?