Hayao Miyazaki Quotes

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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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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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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Girl, Boys, Expression

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Desire, Population, Underwater

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

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Children, Alive, Film

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

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Judgment

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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.

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Mean, Thinking, Self

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Humans have both the urge to create and destroy.

Hayao Miyazaki

Humans, Urges

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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!

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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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Do everything by hand, even when using the computer.

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Hands, Computer

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

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Children, Mean, Thinking

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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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When you watch the subtitled version you are probably missing just as many things. There is a layer and a nuance you're not going to get. Film crosses so many borders these days. Of course it is going to be distorted.

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Missing, Borders, Watches

"A god among animators" by Xan Brooks, www.theguardian.com. September 14, 2005.

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"You always have to appeal to your audience. You always have to consider how well your project will do in terms of admissions. I abandoned many stories because of that. But I don't get too down about it. It's something I accepted from the time I decided to work in films. I could always do something else if I got sick of it, like draw manga, or make my own films. I found it pointless sitting in my house not working, though I'd like to go on extended vacations from time to time."

- Hayao Miyazaki,

www.chicagotribune.com, added Aug 15, 2017

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Born: January 5, 1941
Occupation: Film director
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