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“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 Miyazaki

“I’ve become skeptical of the unwritten rule that just because a boy and girl appear in the same feature, a romance must ensue. Rather, I want to portray a slightly different relationship, one where the two mutually inspire each other to live - if I’m able to, then perhaps I’ll be closer to portraying a true expression of love.”
― Hayao Miyazaki

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

“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.”
― Hayao Miyazaki

“People who design machines and airplanes {or buildings}, no matter how much they believe that what they do is good, the winds of time eventually turn them into tools of industrial civilization. They’re cursed dreams. Animation, too. Beautiful yet cursed dreams.”
― Hayao Miyazaki

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

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

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

“Once you have met someone, you never really forget them.”
― Hayao Miyazaki