Abbas Kiarostami Quotes, Moving Quotes, Thinking Quotes

I think that in life, being is nothing but an illusion. If we acknowledge that and accept the fact that we are in between states, that we are moving, and this movement is the nature of our lives, and we stop having aspirations for being in a definite state, we know life better and are able to enjoy it better.

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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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I have no advice for anyone on how to live.

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A movie is about human beings, about humanity.

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

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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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I think that in life, being is nothing but an illusion. If we acknowledge that and accept the fact that we are in between states, that we are moving, and this movement is the nature of our lives, and we stop having aspirations for being in a definite state, we know life better and are able to enjoy it better.

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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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When I'm in the process of making a movie I'm not thinking about the finished result, and whether people have to see it once or more than once, and what the reaction to it will be. I just make it, and then I live with the consequences, some of which may not be as pleasant as I'd like! I know one thing, however. Many viewers may come out of the theater not satisfied, but they won't be able to forget the movie. I know they'll be talking about it during their next dinner. I want them to be a little restless about my movies, and keep trying to find something in them.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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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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