1101 – “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 [Attributed]

963 – “You must see with eyes unclouded by hate.”

-Prince Ashitaka (voiced by Billy Crudup) in Studio Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke

951 – “Modern life is so thin and shallow and fake. I loo forward to when developers go bankrupt, Japan gets poorer and wild grasses take over.”

-Hayao Miyazaki [Attributed]

946 – 「命 は 闇 の 中 の またたく 光だ。」

“Inochi wa yami no naka no matataku hikarida.”

“Life is a winking light in the darkness.”

-Nausicaä in Hayao Miyazaki’s manga Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

863 – “When I see people working on computers creating animation, it’s watching something magical happening. But I turn back every time to my pencil and paper.”

–Hayao Miyazaki

517 – “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 [Attributed]

362 – “Many of my movies have strong female leads – brave, self-sufficient girls that don’t think twice about fighting for what they believe in 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.”

–Hayao Miyazaki

5 – “The creation of a single world comes from a huge number of fragments and chaos.”

– Hayao Miyazaki