All Akira Kurosawa Quotes
- I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself. Character
- The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they've been given. I believe you must live honestly… Abilities
- Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly. Beings
- 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… Cinema
- There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself. Creator
- Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can't speak any foreign language, I don't feel out of place. I think… Any
- There is something that might be called cinematic beauty. It can only be expressed in a film, and it must be present for that film… Attaining
- With a good script a good director can produce a masterpiece; with the same script a mediocre director can make a passable film. But with… Able
- It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination. Gives
- A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it. Complicated
- 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… Achieved
- During the shooting of a scene the director’s eye has to catch even the minutest detail. But this does not mean glaring concentratedly at the… Actors
- Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages. Adding explanation to the descriptive… Action
- 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… All
- Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing. Beings
- Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one... ...I had wanted to make The Idiot long before Rashomon. Since I was… All
- To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means to never look away. Artist
- Man is a genius when he dreams. Dream what you are capable of. The harder you dream it, the sooner it will come true. Capable
- The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something. What nurtures this root and makes it grow into a… Any
- When I start on a film I always have a number of ideas about my project. Then one of them begins to germinate, to sprout,… Any
- If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of. Afraid
- In order to find reality, each must search for his own universe, look for the details that contribute to this reality7 that one feels under… Artist
- Man is a genius when he is dreaming. Dream
- Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied... That's why they can keep on… Able
- In a mad world, only the mad are sane. Crazy