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Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "Religion works on some people but not on everyone, because it says, 'Stop thinking and accept what I tell you.' That's not valid for people who want to think and reflect."

Religion works on some people but not on everyone, because it says, 'Stop thinking and accept what I tell you.' That's not valid for people who want to think and reflect.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "Cinema seats make people lazy. They expect to be given all the information. But for me, question marks are the punctuation of life."

Cinema seats make people lazy. They expect to be given all the information. But for me, question marks are the punctuation of life.




Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "A movie is about human beings, about humanity."

A movie is about human beings, about humanity.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you."

In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you.




Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "Film is very much a universal and common voice, and we can't limit it to one particular culture."

Film is very much a universal and common voice, and we can't limit it to one particular culture.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "Good cinema is what we can believe and bad cinema is what we can't believe. What you see and believe in is very much what I'm interested in."

Good cinema is what we can believe and bad cinema is what we can't believe. What you see and believe in is very much what I'm interested in.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "My way of expression is full of complications and mystery because that's my perception of life."

My way of expression is full of complications and mystery because that's my perception of life.




Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!"

I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "I spend a lot of time doing carpentry. Sometimes there is nothing that gives me the contentment that sawing a piece of wood does."

I spend a lot of time doing carpentry. Sometimes there is nothing that gives me the contentment that sawing a piece of wood does.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "I think it was [Jean-Luc] Godard who said that life is nothing but a bad copy of film, but then our ambition must be to make better films and better shapes of forms that are given in life."

I think it was [Jean-Luc] Godard who said that life is nothing but a bad copy of film, but then our ambition must be to make better films and better shapes of forms that are given in life.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "I have no advice for anyone on how to live."

I have no advice for anyone on how to live.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "We are nothing but a link between our culture and what we can actually produce."

We are nothing but a link between our culture and what we can actually produce.




Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time."

Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "I never reflect or convey that which I have not experienced myself."

I never reflect or convey that which I have not experienced myself.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "In order to be universal, you have to be rooted in your own culture."

In order to be universal, you have to be rooted in your own culture.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "It's true that the best way of knowing yourself is to put yourself into different situations."

It's true that the best way of knowing yourself is to put yourself into different situations.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "I never really learned photography."

I never really learned photography.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "In my mind, there isn't as much of a distinction between documentary and fiction as there is between a good movie and a bad one."

In my mind, there isn't as much of a distinction between documentary and fiction as there is between a good movie and a bad one.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free."

The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "I think being someone in love is so hard to define, so temporary, because retrospectively we often deny the state in which we were in love."

I think being someone in love is so hard to define, so temporary, because retrospectively we often deny the state in which we were in love.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "Everybody knows that I am not usually patient enough to actually sit down and watch one of my own films from the beginning to the end - I never do."

Everybody knows that I am not usually patient enough to actually sit down and watch one of my own films from the beginning to the end - I never do.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "I thought that I had been asked every kind of question possible."

I thought that I had been asked every kind of question possible.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "I do believe in [Robert] Bresson's method of creation through omission, not through addition."

I do believe in [Robert] Bresson's method of creation through omission, not through addition.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "A work of art doesn't exist outside the perception of the audience."

A work of art doesn't exist outside the perception of the audience.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "Anything I've not experienced I do not look to for a subject. I have to feel it."

Anything I've not experienced I do not look to for a subject. I have to feel it.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "I didn't just see myself as a film director here [in Life And Nothing More], but also as an observer of people who had been condemned to death."

I didn't just see myself as a film director here [in Life And Nothing More], but also as an observer of people who had been condemned to death.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "I was mentioning with the digital camera, maybe this new fashion of filmmaking gives a closer look of what life may be like. But it's still nothing but a copy."

I was mentioning with the digital camera, maybe this new fashion of filmmaking gives a closer look of what life may be like. But it's still nothing but a copy.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "It's not so much a question of whether we've shot it through 35mm or digital video; what is important is whether the audience accepts it as real."

It's not so much a question of whether we've shot it through 35mm or digital video; what is important is whether the audience accepts it as real.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "I believe there's only good cinema and bad cinema."

I believe there's only good cinema and bad cinema.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "I really enjoy listening to stories. I remember them and keep them in my mind."

I really enjoy listening to stories. I remember them and keep them in my mind.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "I wasn't searching for a common denominator - I started wondering about the challenge of working in other cultures. What I reached was the sudden acknowledgment of the universal aspect of filmmaking."

I wasn't searching for a common denominator - I started wondering about the challenge of working in other cultures. What I reached was the sudden acknowledgment of the universal aspect of filmmaking.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "In my opinion the man looks at the relationship in a more bitter fashion and the woman still holds great hopes."

In my opinion the man looks at the relationship in a more bitter fashion and the woman still holds great hopes.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "As soon as people enter a theater they must become moron consumers who must be fed information."

As soon as people enter a theater they must become moron consumers who must be fed information.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "The experience of life teaches us that being like someone in love is more real, because everything is uncertain."

The experience of life teaches us that being like someone in love is more real, because everything is uncertain.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "Close-Up is a very particular film in my oeuvre. It's a film that was made in a very particular way; mainly because I didn't really have the time to think about how to go about making the film."

Close-Up is a very particular film in my oeuvre. It's a film that was made in a very particular way; mainly because I didn't really have the time to think about how to go about making the film.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated."

My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "There were years when Hitchcock was like a master to me, but now I think he's so artificial. I can watch films and say how technically beautiful they are, but I'm not impressed by any technicality."

There were years when Hitchcock was like a master to me, but now I think he's so artificial. I can watch films and say how technically beautiful they are, but I'm not impressed by any technicality.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "Children are very strong and independent characters and can come up with more interesting things than Marlon Brando, and it's sometimes very difficult to direct or order them to do something."

Children are very strong and independent characters and can come up with more interesting things than Marlon Brando, and it's sometimes very difficult to direct or order them to do something.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "I think life is so difficult to catch, it's so furtive, that a copy, a film, can in no way catch it and represent it."

I think life is so difficult to catch, it's so furtive, that a copy, a film, can in no way catch it and represent it.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "Directors don't always create, they can also destroy with too many demands."

Directors don't always create, they can also destroy with too many demands.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "I think, just as footballers play better at home, maybe film-makers, too, create better at home, even though the rules of football are the same wherever you go."

I think, just as footballers play better at home, maybe film-makers, too, create better at home, even though the rules of football are the same wherever you go.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "I think that if you're a digital thinker, you can use a digital camera."

I think that if you're a digital thinker, you can use a digital camera.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "Whether you consider me a master filmmaker or not, I do it with my intuition and my vision, my experience as a storyteller."

Whether you consider me a master filmmaker or not, I do it with my intuition and my vision, my experience as a storyteller.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "I'm still very grateful to digital cameras in general, but I didn't have this feeling with the RED one."

I'm still very grateful to digital cameras in general, but I didn't have this feeling with the RED one.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "If you are a businessman or a politician in Iran, you can get a visa as quickly as you ask for it."

If you are a businessman or a politician in Iran, you can get a visa as quickly as you ask for it.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "I am still very surprised that I managed to make that film [Close Up]. When I actually look back on that film, I really feel that I was not the director but instead just a member of the audience."

I am still very surprised that I managed to make that film [Close Up]. When I actually look back on that film, I really feel that I was not the director but instead just a member of the audience.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "The film [Close Up] made itself, to a large extent. The characters involved were very real, I wasn't directing the actors so much as being directed by them. So it was a very particular film."

The film [Close Up] made itself, to a large extent. The characters involved were very real, I wasn't directing the actors so much as being directed by them. So it was a very particular film.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "Unfortunately, cinema critics are very few in America, 400-500 people, but there are more critics of Iran."

Unfortunately, cinema critics are very few in America, 400-500 people, but there are more critics of Iran.



Abbas Kiarostami Quotes: "In order to be able to cooperate with a child, you have to come down to below their level in order to communicate with them. Actors are also like children."

In order to be able to cooperate with a child, you have to come down to below their level in order to communicate with them. Actors are also like children.