It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.

- Akira Kurosawa

The role of the artist is to not look away.

- Akira Kurosawa

In a mad world only the mad are sane.

- Akira Kurosawa

I suppose all of my films have a common theme. If I think about it, though, the only theme I can think of is really a question: Why can’t people be h…

- Akira Kurosawa

With a good script a good director can produce a masterpiece; with the same script a mediocre director can make a passable film. But with a bad scrip…

- Akira Kurosawa

I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted. I simply do not like to show my weakness, and I hate to lose, so I…

- Akira Kurosawa

There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.

- Akira Kurosawa

I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.

- Akira Kurosawa

The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something. What nurtures this root and makes it grow into a tree is the script. Wha…

- Akira Kurosawa