Hayao Miyazaki way of thinking is dam good make sure you read all the quotes.
Hayao Miyazaki is a Japanese animator, director, producer, screenwriter, author, and manga artist.
A co-founder of Studio Ghibli, a film and animation studio, he has attained international acclaim as a masterful storyteller and as a maker of animated feature films and is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished filmmakers in the history of animation.
Some Anime he was involved in
Castle in the Sky (1986)
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) and
Porco Rosso (1992)
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“Once you have met someone, you never really forget them.”
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“I get inspiration from my everyday life.”
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“You may not like what’s happening, but just accept it, and let’s try to live together. Even if you feel angry, let’s be patient and endure, let’s try to live together. I’ve realized that this is the only way forward.”
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“If you’re going to retire, retire early.”
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“Is someone different at age 18 or 60? I believe one stays the same.”
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“Logic is using the front part of the brain, that’s all. But you can’t make a film with logic. Or if you look at it differently, everybody can make a film with logic. But my way is to not use logic.”
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“The future is clear. It’s going to fall apart. What’s the use in worrying? It’s inevitable.”
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“In the past, humans hesitated when they took lives, even non-human lives. But society had changed, and they no longer felt that way. As humans grew stronger, I think that we became quite arrogant, losing the sorrow of ‘we have no other choice.’ I think that in the essence of human civilization, we have the desire to become rich without limit, by taking the lives of other creatures.”
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“We get strength and encouragement from watching children.”
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“Humans have both the urge to create and destroy.”
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“I don’t like games. You’re robbing the precious time of children to be children. They need to be in touch with the real world more.”
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“The concept of portraying evil and then destroying it—I know this is considered mainstream, but I think it is rotten. This idea that whenever something evil happens someone particular can be blamed and punished for it, in life and in politics is hopeless.”
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“I never read reviews. I’m not interested. But I value a lot the reactions of the spectators.”
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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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“Life is a winking light in the darkness.”
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“If [hand-drawn animation] is a dying craft, we can’t do anything about it. Civilization moves on. Where are all the fresco painters now? Where are the landscape artists? What are they doing now? The world is changing. I have been very fortunate to be able to do the same job for 40 years. That’s rare in any era.”
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Yet, even amidst the hatred and carnage, life is still worth living. It is possible for wonderful encounters and beautiful things to exist.”
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“There has never been a work of art created which didn’t somehow reflect its own time.”
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“It seems like everything that we see perceived in the brain before we actually use our own eyes, that everything we see is coming through computers or machines and then is being input in our brain cells. So that really worries me.”
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“Do everything by hand, even when using the computer.”
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“Young people are surrounded by virtual things. Animators can only draw from their own experiences of pain and shock and emotions.”
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“My process is thinking, thinking and thinking—thinking about my stories for a long time.”
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“I try to dig deep into the well of my subconscious. At a certain moment in that process, the lid is opened and very different ideas and visions are liberated. With those I can start making a film. But maybe it’s better that you don’t open that lid completely, because if you release your subconscious it becomes really hard to live a social or family life.”
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“Sometimes I test myself saying, ‘If I get a death sentence if I don’t make this movie, would I still make this movie?”
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“The characters are born from repetition, from repeatedly thinking about them. I have their outline in my head. I become the character and as the character I visit the locations of the story many, many times. Only after that I start drawing the character, but again I do it many, many times, over and over. And I only finish just before the deadline.”
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“I would like to make a film to tell children ‘it’s good to be alive.”
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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 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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