I have no advice for anyone on how to live.
ABBAS KIAROSTAMIThe Iranian government as a whole has no relationship with my films. They’re not particularly interested, perhaps this kind of cinema is not very interesting to them.
More Abbas Kiarostami Quotes
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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
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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 think I really produce my best work in Iran.
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Using non-actors has its own rules and really requires that you allow them to do their own thing.
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In my opinion the man looks at the relationship in a more bitter fashion and the woman still holds great hopes.
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I think violence can never be justified. At the same time, nobody’s culture or beliefs should be insulted, that’s not something I can accept either. But I cannot justify or accept any violence at all.
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I think that if you’re a digital thinker, you can use a digital camera.
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A digital camera does have many advantages and I was a believer that digital video would be a big influence on film-making.
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In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you.
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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.
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Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.
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A work of art doesn’t exist outside the perception of the audience.
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All the different nations in the world, despite their differences of appearance and religion and language and way of life, still have one thing in common, and that is what’s inside of all of us.
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Having an international voice is not really about whether we speak Persian or any other language.
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We are nothing but a link between our culture and what we can actually produce.
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