Abbas Kiarostami Quotes, Looks Quotes, Able Quotes

I've often noticed that we are not able to look at what we have in front of us, unless it's inside a frame.

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

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

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The only thing that I can do is hold a mirror in front of men and women, in front of the viewer in the theater, to reflect. There is nothing but reflection that I could intend to offer the viewer of the film.

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When you take a tree that is rooted in the ground, and transfer it from one place to another, the tree will no longer bear fruit. And if it does, the fruit will not be as good as it was in its original place. This is a rule of nature. I think if I had left my country, I would be the same as the tree.

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A movie is about human beings, about humanity.

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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.

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

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A movie is about human beings, about humanity.

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I have no advice for anyone on how to live.

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The only thing that I can do is hold a mirror in front of men and women, in front of the viewer in the theater, to reflect. There is nothing but reflection that I could intend to offer the viewer of the film.

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Maybe more than a teller, I am a story listener. I really enjoy listening to stories. I remember them and keep them in my mind. All of my films are a collection of small stories that have been told to me.

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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!

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I prefer the films that put their audience to sleep in the theater. Some films have made me doze off in the theater, but the same films have made me stay up at night, wake up thinking about them in the morning, and keep on thinking about them for weeks.

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

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

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

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Maybe more than a teller, I am a story listener. I really enjoy listening to stories. I remember them and keep them in my mind. All of my films are a collection of small stories that have been told to me.

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When you take a tree that is rooted in the ground, and transfer it from one place to another, the tree will no longer bear fruit. And if it does, the fruit will not be as good as it was in its original place. This is a rule of nature. I think if I had left my country, I would be the same as the tree.

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

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