Author: Abbas Kiarostami

Quotes

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!

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!

- Abbas Kiarostami

I would say that no film is apolitical. There are politics in all films. Any film that is anchored in a society, any film that deals with humanity is necessarily political.

I would say that no film is apolitical. There are politics in all films. Any film that is anchored in a society, any film that deals with humanity is necessarily political.

- Abbas Kiarostami

There is violence in real life but I would never impose violence in a film just to attract the audience.

There is violence in real life but I would never impose violence in a film just to attract the audience.

- Abbas Kiarostami

The calling of art is to extract us from our daily reality, to bring us to a hidden truth that's difficult to access - to a level that's not material but spiritual.

The calling of art is to extract us from our daily reality, to bring us to a hidden truth that's difficult to access - to a level that's not material but spiritual.

- Abbas Kiarostami

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

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

- Abbas Kiarostami

I film normal-life subjects in natural settings that some people would consider uncinematic. But what I want to show is nature itself, as the truth of life.

I film normal-life subjects in natural settings that some people would consider uncinematic. But what I want to show is nature itself, as the truth of life.

- Abbas Kiarostami

Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.

Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.

- Abbas Kiarostami

The world is my workshop. It is not my home.

The world is my workshop. It is not my home.

- Abbas Kiarostami

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

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

- Abbas Kiarostami

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