“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.” PeopleThinkingKnowsHumansImportantTodayWaterHuman BeingsOur LivesAirDependsLosingImportant ThingsCleanForgottenSomething BetterClean WaterClean Air Author:Akira Kurosawa
“but ignorance is a kind of insanity in the human animal. People who delight in torturing defenseless children or tiny creatures are in reality insane. The terrible thing is that people who are madmen in private may wear a totally bland and innocent expression in public.” PeopleHumansKindMayChildrenRealityAnimalIgnoranceExpressionTerribleCreaturesDelightTinyInnocentInsaneInsanityTerrible ThingsMadmenBlandHuman AnimalDefenseless Book:Something Like An Autobiography Source: Something Like An Autobiography
“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.” PeopleWayHumansCertainHuman BeingsTalkingHonestyHarderCreatorPretendingIncapableStraightforward Book:Rashomon Source: Rashomon
“Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.” IfsHumansProblemFilmHuman BeingsCommonShareUnderstoodFilm DirectorsFilm DirectingDirecting Film Author:Akira Kurosawa
“Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.” HumansHuman BeingsHonestBeing Honest Book:Rashomon Source: Rashomon
“Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one... ...I had wanted to make The Idiot long before Rashomon. Since I was little I've liked Russian literature, but I find that I like Dostoevsky the best and had long thought that this book would make a wonderful film. He is still my favourite author, and he is the one - I still think - who writes most honestly about human existence.” PeopleThinkingWritingHumansLittlesLongStillsBookWantedFilmLiteratureExistenceWonderfulHonestlyIdiotFavouriteHuman ExistenceRussian Literature Author:Akira Kurosawa
