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

Abbas Kiarostami

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.
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Another Bear Country Fruit Ground Place Rooted Thinking Transfer Tree
I think I really produce my best work in Iran.
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Best Iran Produce Really Thinking Work
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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Accept People Religion Thinking Valid Want
I don’t generally derive my stories from novels. I try to turn into film things I have felt or experienced.
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Derive Experienced Film Novel Story Trying
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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Marketing Mean Movie Selfish Work
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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Frame Front Inside Notice Often
The experience of life teaches us that being like someone in love is more real, because everything is uncertain.
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Experience Life Love More Real Teach Uncertain
If we’re not going to take full advantage of digital, then 35mm is a better medium. Especially for shooting dramas – I have no problem with 35mm.
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Advantage Digital Drama Especially Shooting Video
I thought that I had been asked every kind of question possible.
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Asked Kind Possible Question
A work of art doesn’t exist outside the perception of the audience.
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Art Audience Exist Outside Perception Work
The 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.
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Cinema Film Government Interesting Iranian Perhaps Relationship
I don’t have very complete scripts for my films. I have a general outline and a character in my mind, and I make no notes until I find the character who’s in my mind in reality.
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Character Film General Mind Outline Reality Script
I only make notes, I don’t write dialogues in full. And the notes are very much based on my knowledge of person.
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Based Dialogue Knowledge Note Person Writing
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.
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Actor Child Children Communicate Cooperate Level Order
It seems that film-makers are being divided between those working in digital and those who are not. I think it’s not something predetermined – it all depends on what project we have in mind, and on that basis we choose the medium.
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Digital Film Maker Mind Predetermined Something Thinking Working
I never reflect or convey that which I have not experienced myself.
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Convey Experienced Myself never Reflect

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