Akira Kurosawa's Quotes

Man is a genius when he is dreaming.

Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied... That's why they can keep on working. I've been able to work for so long because I think next time, I'll make something good.

In a mad world, only the mad are sane.

Walk a mile in my shoes is good advice. Our children will learn to respect others if they are used to imagining themselves in another's place.

Family life is not a computer program that runs on its own; it needs continual input from everyone.

Allowing children to spew forth whatever is on their minds in the name of openness only creates an illusion of family closeness.

Morality is not only taught; it is caught.

It is at once the most overwhelmingly frustrating and exasperating task and the most joyous and rewarding experience to make human beings out of children.