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

Akira Kurosawa

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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.

Akira Kurosawa

genius dream men

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

Akira Kurosawa

lack-of-time hate kind

Man is a genius when he is dreaming.

Akira Kurosawa

dream inspiring men

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 a bad script even a good director can’t possibly make a good film. For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water. That is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.

Akira Kurosawa

real expression fire

I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted. I simply do not like to show my weakness, and I hate to lose, so I am a person who tries hard. That's all there is to me.

Akira Kurosawa

hate strong special

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

Akira Kurosawa

imagination giving memories

The role of the artist is to not look away.

Akira Kurosawa

roles artist looks

In a mad world only the mad are sane.

Akira Kurosawa

insane-world crazy depression

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

Akira Kurosawa

ifs looks

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

Akira Kurosawa

being-honest honest humans

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.

Akira Kurosawa

air people thinking

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

Akira Kurosawa

creator

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

Akira Kurosawa

screenwriters want directors

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 and develop your abilities to the full. People who do this are the real heroes.

Akira Kurosawa

real hero believe

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

Akira Kurosawa

artist mean reality

Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.

Akira Kurosawa

take-me zero

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

Akira Kurosawa

matter may character

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.

Akira Kurosawa

cinema theatre together

Although human beings are incapable of talking about themselves with total honesty, it is much harder to avoid the truth while pretending to be other people. They often reveal much about themselves in a very straightforward way. I am certain that I did. There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.

Akira Kurosawa

honesty talking people

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?

Akira Kurosawa

together people thinking