Quote collection
105 quotes — follow a thought to its full quote page.
"In our work, the question is, how much you absorb from others. So for me, creativity, is really like a relay race. As children we are handed a baton. Rather than passing it onto the next generation as is, first we need to digest it and make it our own."
"Engineers turn dreams into reality."
"I would like to make a film to tell children "it's good to be alive"."
"No matter how many weapons you have, no matter how great your technology might be, the world cannot live without love."
"Almost all Japanese animation is produced with hardly any basis taken from observing real people, you know. It's produced by humans who can't stand looking at other humans. And that's why the industry is full of otaku!"
"It’s disgusting. On trains, the number of those people doing that strange masturbation-like gesture is multiplying."
"I think we should stop using nuclear power plants because it's an old system that we can't control."
"Prizes do not mean anything to me. I think it is more important to make a child aware of the existence of a weird creature like a water spider that breathes through its backside."
"We live in an age when it is cheaper to buy the rights to movies than to make them."
"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."
"We each need to find our own inspiration. Sometimes it is not easy."
"I wanted to convey the message to children that this life is worth living."
"See with eyes unclouded by hate."
"We are not trying to solve the world's problems... However, even in the midst of hatred and killing, there are things worth living for. A wonderful encounter, or a thing of beauty can still exist."
"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."
"We get strength and encouragement from watching children."
"I managed to work for more than 50 years with just paper, pencils and film. My son's generation and the one coming up after can't work with just paper and pencils any more. I managed to avoid using a computer. I don't even have a cellphone. I feel lucky I managed to live like that."
"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."
"Animators can only draw from their own experiences of pain and shock and emotions."
"It would be wonderful if I could see the end of civilization during my lifetime."