Abbas Kiarostami Quotes, Order Quotes, Culture Quotes

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

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

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

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

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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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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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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 have no advice for anyone on how to live.

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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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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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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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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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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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A movie is about human beings, about humanity.

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

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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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