61 Quotes by 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 they would put an end to it.

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

Man is a genius when he is dreaming.

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

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?

They lived their lives as if their sights were set on the clouds beyond the hill they were climbing.

In a mad world, only the mad are sane.

Ignorance is a kind of insanity in the human animal.

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.