Top Ten Famous Akira Kurosawa Quotes

Top Ten Famous Akira Kurosawa Quotes

Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Akira Kurosawa was posthumously named "Asian of the Century" in the "Arts, Literature, and Culture" category. Akira Kurosawa directed 30 films in a career spanning 57 years. Akira Kurosawa directed world famous movies, Rashomon, Drunken Angel, Seven Samurai and Ran. Akira Kurosawa is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. Akira Kurosawa accepted the Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1990. Akira Kurosawa was born on March 23, 1910, in Oimachi, Tokyo, Japan. Let's remember Akira Kurosawa’s birthday with Top Ten Famous Akira Kurosawa Quotes.

Top Ten Famous Akira Kurosawa Quotes

Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
Akira Kurosawa

I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
Akira Kurosawa

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

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 of earth as my home. If everyone thought this way, people might notice just how foolish international friction is and the would be put an end to it.
Akira Kurosawa

A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet.
Akira Kurosawa

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

I like silent pictures and I always have ... I wanted to restore some of this beauty. I thought of it, I remember in this way: one of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.”
Akira Kurosawa

For me, film-making 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

With a good script, a good director can produce a masterpiece. With the same script, a mediocre director can produce 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. The script must be something that has the power to do this.
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. Especially scientists. They may be smart, but most don't understand the heart of nature. They only invent things that, in the end, make people unhappy. Yet they're so proud of their inventions. What's worse, most people are, too. They view them as if they were miracles. They worship them. 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