Hayao Miyazaki Quotes

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  I believe that fantasy in the meaning of imagination is very important. We shouldn't stick too close to everyday reality but give room to the reality of the heart, of the mind, and of the imagination.

  Hayao Miyazaki

  Believe, Heart, Reality

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  Whenever someone creates something with all of their heart, then that creation is given a soul.

  Hayao Miyazaki

  Heart, Soul, Creation

  "The Cat Returns". Animation, Adventure, Comedy, 2002.

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• Reality is for people that lack imagination.

  Hayao Miyazaki

  Reality, People, Imagination

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

  Hayao Miyazaki

  Believe, Matter, Where You Are

  "Fictional character: Baron". "The Cat Returns", www.imdb.com. 2002.

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• 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.

  Hayao Miyazaki

  Hate, Eye, Two

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• It is the fate of modern life that we repeatedly lose touch with nature, the environment, the planet. But we try to regain it again and again. It's like a circle. In children's hearts and souls when they're born into the world, nature already exists deep inside them. So what I want to do in my work is tap into their souls

  Hayao Miyazaki

  Children, Heart, Fate

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• Many of my movies have strong female leads - brave, self-sufficient girls that don't think twice about fighting for what they believe in with all their heart. They'll need a friend, or a supporter, but never a savior. Any woman is just as capable of being a hero as any man.

  Hayao Miyazaki

  Girl, Strong, Believe

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• 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.

  Hayao Miyazaki

  Believe, Play, Inspire

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• 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 they 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.

  Hayao Miyazaki

  Girl, Boys, Expression

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

  Hayao Miyazaki

  Numbers, World, Chaos

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• In my grandparents' time, it was believed that spirits existed everywhere - in trees, rivers, insects, wells, anything. My generation does not believe this, but I like the idea that we should all treasure everything because spirits might exist there, and we should treasure everything because there is a kind of life to everything.

  Hayao Miyazaki

  Believe, Ideas, Rivers

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• Life is a winking light in the darkness.

  Hayao Miyazaki

  Light, Darkness, Life Is

  "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind". Manga series by Hayao Miyazaki, vol. 8, 1982-1994.

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• No matter how many weapons you have, no matter how great your technology might be, the world cannot live without love.

  Hayao Miyazaki

  Technology, World, Might

  "Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta [Castle in the Sky]". www.imdb.com. July 14, 1987.

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• We each need to find our own inspiration. Sometimes it is not easy.

  Hayao Miyazaki

  Inspiration, Needs, Sometimes

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• In order to grow your audience, you must betray their expectations.

  Hayao Miyazaki

  Order, Expectations, Betray

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• I’d like to see Manhattan underwater. I’d like to see when the human population plummets and there are no more high rises, because nobody’s buying them. I’m excited about that. Money and desire—all that is going to collapse, and wild green grasses are going to take over.

  Hayao Miyazaki

  Desire, Population, Underwater

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• I would like to make a film to tell children "it's good to be alive".

  Hayao Miyazaki

  Children, Alive, Film

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• Nobody has the right to sit in judgment and decide what's good or bad for you.

  Hayao Miyazaki

  Judgment

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• Humans have both the urge to create and destroy.

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  Humans, Urges

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• To be born means being compelled to choose an era, a place, a life. To exist here, now, means to lost the possibility of being countless other potential selves.. Yet once being born there is no turning back. And I think that's exactly why the fantasy worlds of cartoon movies so strongly represent our hopes and yearnings. They illustrate a world of lost possibilities for us.

  Hayao Miyazaki

  Mean, Thinking, Self

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• 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. And that's why the industry is full of otaku!

  Hayao Miyazaki

  Real, Taken, People

  "Ghibli’s Hayao Miyazaki says the anime industry’s problem is that it’s full of anime fans" by Casey Baseel, soranews24.com. January 30, 2014.

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• Prizes do not mean anything to me. I think it is more important to make a child aware of the existence of a weird creature like a water spider that breathes through its backside.

  Hayao Miyazaki

  Children, Mean, Thinking

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• There are all kinds of values within the films but I don't make message films.

  Hayao Miyazaki

  Messages, Kind, Film

  Source: collider.com

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• We are not trying to solve the world's problems... However, even in the midst of hatred and killing, there are things worth living for. A wonderful encounter, or a thing of beauty can still exist.

  Hayao Miyazaki

  Hatred, Trying, Encounters

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• See with eyes unclouded by hate.

  Hayao Miyazaki

  Hate, Eye

  "Princess Mononoke". www.imdb.com. 1997.

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