I dont really think of things in terms of legacy or where I stand in the history of Nintendo or anything like that. – Shigeru Miyamoto
Up until now, the biggest question in society about video games has been what to do about violent games. But its almost like society in general considers video games to be something of a nuisance, that they want to toss into the garbage can. – Shigeru Miyamoto
I think I can make an entirely new game experience, and if I cant do it, some other game designer will. – Shigeru Miyamoto
I think whats really the most ideal thing is for the player themselves, within their own imagination, to carve out what they view as being the essence of the character. – Shigeru Miyamoto
History fades into fable; fact becomes clouded with doubt and controversy; the inscription molders from the tablet: the statue falls from the pedestal. Columns, arches, pyramids, what are they but heaps of sand; and their epitaphs, but characters written in the dust? – Washington Irving, The Sketch Book: Westminster Abbey