Hayao Quotes

I think it's really good for a family or children to have a dog, cat, bird or whatever to grow up with. — Hayao Miyazaki

Cut off a wolf's head and it still has the power to bite. — Hayao Miyazaki

Reality is for people that lack imagination. — Hayao Miyazaki

The greatness of a mind is determined by the depth of its suffering. — Hayao Miyazaki

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

It would be wonderful if I could see the end of civilization during my lifetime. — Hayao Miyazaki

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

Life is a winking light in the darkness. — Hayao Miyazaki

Whenever someone creates something with all of their heart, then that creation is given a soul. — Hayao Miyazaki

Those are shrines. Some people believe spirits live in them. — Hayao Miyazaki

Out of the ugliness of the ironworks lepers will eat, children will be born, their parents will grow old. — Helen McCarthy

The winds of time eventually turn them into the tools of industrial civillisation. It's never unscathed. — Hayao Miyazaki

Children understand intuitively that the world they have been born into is not a blessed world. — Hayao Miyazaki

I love the work of Hayao Miyazaki. 'My Neighbor Totoro' and 'Castle in the Sky' are two of the great films that he's made that I just love. — John Lasseter

In this world of ours, the sparrow must live like a hawk if he is to fly at all. — Hayao Miyazaki

I get inspiration from my everyday life. — Hayao Miyazaki

Since I am a person who starts work without clear knowledge of a storyline, every single scene is a pivotal scene. — Hayao Miyazaki

I can't stand modern movies. The images are too weird and eccentric for me. — Hayao Miyazaki

You should despair and run away. — Hayao Miyazaki

First don't panic, second don't panic and third DID I MENTCHIN NOT TO PANIC?! — Hayao Miyazaki

What you mean by 'peace' is nothing more than the endless repetition of human folly. — Hayao Miyazaki

Jiji: [after hearing that Kiki plans on leaving town for her witch training] I'm going to put my paws together and pray that you're not serious! — Hayao Miyazaki

When I start creating a villain, I start liking the villain and so the villain is not really evil. — Hayao Miyazaki

Always believe in yourself. Do this and no matter where you are, you will have nothing to fear. — Hayao Miyazaki

I think we should stop using nuclear power plants because it's an old system that we can't control. — Hayao Miyazaki

Producing an animation series merely to fill time slots in the broadcast schedule is like generating cultural pollution. — Hayao Miyazaki

I make films as a business, not as a cultural endeavor. — Hayao Miyazaki

All my films are all my children. — Hayao Miyazaki

I'd like more of the world go back to being wild. — Hayao Miyazaki

No matter how many WEAPONS you have, no matter how great your TECHNOLOGY might be, the world cannot live without LOVE. — Hayao Miyazaki

Utopia exists only in one's childhood life. — Hayao Miyazaki

We each need to find our own inspiration. Sometimes it is not easy. — Hayao Miyazaki

Airplanes are the most beautiful when they are in the air. — Hayao Miyazaki

We depict hatred, but it is to depict that there are more important things. We depict a curse, to depict the joy of liberation. — Hayao Miyazaki

Animators can only draw from their own experiences of pain and shock and emotions. — Hayao Miyazaki

Maybe that's what these films are doing. They are my way of blessing the child — Hayao Miyazaki

People in Japan have experienced many tsunamis and various earthquakes throughout the ages. — Hayao Miyazaki

We get strength and encouragement from watching children. — Hayao Miyazaki

I don't intentionally make deep movies. — Hayao Miyazaki

It's disgusting. On trains, the number of those people doing that strange masturbation-like gesture is multiplying. — Hayao Miyazaki

Once you have met someone, you never really forget them. — Hayao Miyazaki

I'm not going to make movies that tell children, "You should despair and run away". — Hayao Miyazaki

The love of weaponry is often a manifestation of infantile traits in an adult. — Hayao Miyazaki

Some people spend their lives interested only in themselves. — Hayao Miyazaki

My process is thinking, thinking and thinking - thinking about my stories for a long time. — Hayao Miyazaki

Sometimes I test myself saying, 'If I get a death sentence if I don't make this movie, would I still make this movie?' — Hayao Miyazaki

Actually I think CGI has the potential to equal or even surpass what the human hand can do. — Hayao Miyazaki

We live in an age when it is cheaper to buy the rights to movies than to make them. — Hayao Miyazaki

I've never studied psychology. — Hayao Miyazaki

See with eyes unclouded by hate. — Hayao Miyazaki

I myself become terrified of death when I am in a negative state of mind. But the thought of death ceases to bother me once I become productive. — Hayao Miyazaki

Currently computer graphics are used a great deal, but it can be excessive. — Hayao Miyazaki

See the good in that which is evil, and the evil in that which is good. — Hayao Miyazaki

Do everything by hand, even when using the computer. — Hayao Miyazaki

Humans have both the urge to create and destroy. — Hayao Miyazaki

Rather than making that a good project, I like to make the kinds of films that children can understand in five minutes what the film is about. — Hayao Miyazaki

Yet, even amidst the hatred and carnage, life is still worth living. It is possible for wonderful encounters and beautiful things to exist. — Hayao Miyazaki

I never read reviews. I'm not interested. But I value a lot the reactions of the spectators. — Hayao Miyazaki

I wanted to convey the message to children that this life is worth living, — Hayao Miyazaki

I'm not a collector. — Hayao Miyazaki

Is someone different at age 18 or 60? I believe one stays the same. — Hayao Miyazaki

In order to grow your audience, you must betray their expectations. — Hayao Miyazaki

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

Modern life is so thin and shallow and fake. I look forward to when developers go bankrupt, Japan gets poorer and wild grasses take over. — Hayao Miyazaki

Our lives are like the wind ... or like sounds.
We come into being, resonate with each other ...
Then fade away — Hayao Miyazaki

Chihiro, huh? Her real name's Chihiro? Can't beat the power of love. — Hayao Miyazaki

I find it pointless sitting in my house not working, though I like to go on extended vacations from time to time. — Hayao Miyazaki

If you're going to retire, retire early. — Hayao Miyazaki

I create women characters by watching the female staff at my studio. Half the staff are women. — Hayao Miyazaki

I like underwater life. — Hayao Miyazaki

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. — Hayao Miyazaki