HAYAO MIYAZAKI QUOTES ABOUT LIFE

“The creation of a single world comes from a huge number of fragments and chaos.”

“I’ve become skeptical of the unwritten rule that just because a boy and a girl appear in the same feature, a romance must ensue. Rather, I want to portray a slightly different relationship, one where the two mutually inspire each other to live – if I’m able to, then perhaps I’ll be closer to portraying a true expression of love.”

“I’ve become skeptical of the unwritten rule that just because a boy and girl appear in the same feature, a romance must ensue. Rather, I want to portray a slightly different relationship, one where the two mutually inspire each other to live – if I’m able to, then perhaps I’ll be closer to portraying a true expression of love.”

“Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.”

“Always believe in yourself. Do this and no matter where you are, you will have nothing to fear.”

“The greatest curse for a filmmaker is success.”

“The creation of a single world comes from a huge number of fragments and chaos.”

“We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm, and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.”

“Young people, don’t grovel. If you grovel it will limit your horizons. Use all your strength and imagination and call upon the courage within you to surpass the difficulties of life.”

“I do believe in the power of story. I believe that stories have an important role to play in the formation of human beings, that they can stimulate, amaze and inspire their listeners.”

“I do not make films primarily for children. I make them for the child in all of us, whether we be six or sixty.”

“The concept of portraying evil and then destroying it — I know this is considered mainstream, but I think it is rotten. This idea that whenever something evil happens someone particular can be blamed and punished for it, in life and in politics is hopeless.”

“In order to grow your audience, you must betray their expectations.” INSPIRE QUOTES SHORT

“You see, whether you can draw like this or not, being able to think up this kind of design, it depends on whether or not you can say to yourself, ‘Oh, yeah, girls like this exist in real life.’ If you don’t spend time watching real people, you can’t do this, because you’ve never seen it. Some people spend their lives interested only in themselves. Almost all Japanese animation is produced with hardly any basis taken from observing real people, you know. It’s produced by humans who can’t stand looking at other humans.”

“The films that I really like consist of worlds that have nothing to do with reality. I’m not interested in portraying reality.”

“People often debate if art imitates life, or is it life imitates art? Sometimes, it’s hard to tell the difference.”

“In a social film, the story line is the undercurrent. But in pure cinema, that is to say, film that relies on pictorial exhibitionism, there is no need to attach the story to the sequence of the last image.”

“What makes a good person? What makes a bad person? What do we mean by good and evil?”

“My process is thinking, thinking, thinking, thinking, thinking, thinking, thinking.”

“The stories we tell earlier in life are a reflection of the fear we have, but after you overcome the fear, you can tell a different kind of story.”

“I want to express my feelings rather than illustrate them.”

“I want to tell young people to believe in themselves, to take their dreams seriously.”

“I believe that there is no such thing as a useless effort; that the concept of indispensability of the individual is not fiction.”

“You must see with eyes unclouded by hate. See the good in that which is evil, and the evil in that which is good. Pledge yourself to neither side, but vow instead to preserve the balance that exists between the two.”

“The future is murky. Amidst the fog, one must decide his path based on his intuition. It is at such times that navigating by the light of one’s individuality is crucial.”