Maybe that's what these films are doing. They are my way of blessing the child
Hayao MiyazakiRead
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.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote expresses a longing for a future where nature reclaims urban spaces due to human decline.
Hayao Miyazaki's quote reflects a vision of a post-human world where nature triumphs over human-created structures, suggesting that money and material desire will ultimately lead to a collapse. This perspective highlights the transient nature of civilization and the inevitable return of the earth to a state of wildness, illustrating a sense of hope for ecological restoration and harmony with nature.
Themes
NatureCollapseUrbanFutureReclamation
In practice
Example use cases
This quote could be used in an environmental conference to emphasize the importance of preserving nature.
More from Hayao Miyazaki
All quotes →I wanted to convey the message to children that this life is worth living.
Hayao MiyazakiRead
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 MiyazakiRead
But remember this, Japanese boy... airplanes are not tools for war. They are not for making money. Airplanes are beautiful dreams. Engineers turn dreams into reality.
Hayao MiyazakiRead
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 MiyazakiRead
The villains are all parts of me. For years I've been wondering what it would be like if all those negative elements were forced onto the main character's side. I can understand a character with that kind of anger.
Hayao MiyazakiRead
Similar quotes
If we are not a part of the solution, then we are the problem
Shiv KheraRead
People are very hungry for something new. I think they are interested in being called to be a part of something larger than the sort of small, petty, slash-and-burn politics that we have been seeing over the last several years.
Barack ObamaRead
Dying is a matter of slapstick and pratfalls. The ageing process is not gradual or gentle. It rushes up, pushes you over and runs off laughing. No one should grow old who isn't ready to appear ridiculous.
John MortimerRead
To start at a new place is always to feel incompetent & unwanted.
Philip LarkinRead
Let us come together before we're annihilated.
Stevie WonderRead
My problem is white comfort with Black death. I am personally tired of white comfort with black death.
Jamaal BowmanRead