24 Quotes by Takeshi Kitano

I intentionally shoot violence to make the audience feel real pain. I have never and I will never shoot violence as if it’s some kind of action video game.

The thing about art for me is that you can go on theorising your work forever, because it’s open to interpretation.

When people tell me I’m an artist, I say, ‘What?’ It’s impossible for me to take the idea seriously.

I paint for the sheer joy of painting. I have never sold any of my paintings. I’d rather give them to people for free.

I don’t really expect much from my life. So when I heard my films are premiering in film festival circuits I was glad of course but I thought it was lucky accident.

I always come to conclusions very fast. Well, that is one way of thinking, and the other way would be that I lack the necessary perseverance to stick to one thing that really fits me. I don’t know if it’s a good thing or bad thing.