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Abbas Kiarostami quotes: Morning is white,evening is black,a gray sorrowin between.

Morning is white,
evening is black,
a gray sorrow
in between.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: The full moonreflected in water,the watercontained in the bowl,and the thirsty mandeep in sleep.

The full moon
reflected in water,
the water
contained in the bowl,
and the thirsty man

deep in sleep.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: 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.

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.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: I think violence can never be justified.

I think violence can never be justified.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: A digital camera does have many advantages and I was a believer that digital video would be a big influence on film-making.

A digital camera does have many advantages and I was a believer that digital video would be a big influence on film-making.

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

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

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: Cinema seats make people lazy. They expect to be given all the information. But for me, question marks are the punctuation of life.

Cinema seats make people lazy. They expect to be given all the information. But for me, question marks are the punctuation of life.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: I think I really produce my best work in Iran.

I think I really produce my best work in Iran.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: When you look at nature, you see a hidden mystery that gives a special flavor to the photograph.

When you look at nature, you see a hidden mystery that gives a special flavor to the photograph.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: A movie is about human beings, about humanity.

A movie is about human beings, about humanity.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: The digital camera has given me total freedom and a different way of filming.

The digital camera has given me total freedom and a different way of filming.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: 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.

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.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: If I do continue to have the opportunity to work in Iran, that's very much what I'd prefer to do.

If I do continue to have the opportunity to work in Iran, that's very much what I'd prefer to do.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: I can watch films and say how technically beautiful they are, but I'm not impressed by any technicality.

I can watch films and say how technically beautiful they are, but I'm not impressed by any technicality.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: 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 quotes: I have no advice for anyone on how to live.

I have no advice for anyone on how to live.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: Directors don't always create, they can also destroy with too many demands.

Directors don't always create, they can also destroy with too many demands.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: You won't believe it but I quench my thirstby drinking from a mirage.

You won't believe it but
I quench my thirst
by drinking from a mirage.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: The experience of life teaches us that being like someone in love is more real, because everything is uncertain.

The experience of life teaches us that being like someone in love is more real, because everything is uncertain.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: Following the miragehere I am at the water's edgewithout the feeling of thirst.

Following the mirage
here I am at the water's edge
without the feeling of thirst.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: In real life, when someone's partner calls them, they can tell from the first word their partner says what their mood is.

In real life, when someone's partner calls them, they can tell from the first word their partner says what their mood is.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: I don't generally derive my stories from novels. I try to turn into film things I have felt or experienced.

I don't generally derive my stories from novels. I try to turn into film things I have felt or experienced.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: I thought that I had been asked every kind of question possible.

I thought that I had been asked every kind of question possible.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: It's not so much a question of whether we've shot it through 35mm or digital video; what is important is whether the audience accepts it as real.

It's not so much a question of whether we've shot it through 35mm or digital video; what is important is whether the audience accepts it as real.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: If you are a businessman or a politician in Iran, you can get a visa as quickly as you ask for it.

If you are a businessman or a politician in Iran, you can get a visa as quickly as you ask for it.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: I think Woody Allen is Woody Allen, and no matter where he goes he still makes his Woody Allen films.

I think Woody Allen is Woody Allen, and no matter where he goes he still makes his Woody Allen films.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.

The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: 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 quotes: I think that if you're a digital thinker, you can use a digital camera.

I think that if you're a digital thinker, you can use a digital camera.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: As long as I take the responsibility of the choice, I have to make the choice that is as right as possible.

As long as I take the responsibility of the choice, I have to make the choice that is as right as possible.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: As soon as people enter a theater they must become moron consumers who must be fed information.

As soon as people enter a theater they must become moron consumers who must be fed information.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: Close-Up has affected later films that I've made.

Close-Up has affected later films that I've made.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: 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 quotes: Whether you consider me a master filmmaker or not, I do it with my intuition and my vision, my experience as a storyteller.

Whether you consider me a master filmmaker or not, I do it with my intuition and my vision, my experience as a storyteller.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: Autumn afternoon:a sycamore leaffalls softlyand restson its own shadow

Autumn afternoon:
a sycamore leaf
falls softly
and rests
on its own shadow

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: There are at least two retrospectives of my work each year in some country.

There are at least two retrospectives of my work each year in some country.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: Having an international voice is not really about whether we speak Persian or any other language.

Having an international voice is not really about whether we speak Persian or any other language.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: I didn't just see myself as a film director here [in Life And Nothing More], but also as an observer of people who had been condemned to death.

I didn't just see myself as a film director here [in Life And Nothing More], but also as an observer of people who had been condemned to death.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: A work of art doesn't exist outside the perception of the audience.

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

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: The one-word cinema wasn't possible for me anymore. I'd hit a wall, a dead end. Therefore I thought I'd turn back.

The one-word cinema wasn't possible for me anymore. I'd hit a wall, a dead end. Therefore I thought I'd turn back.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: In my opinion the man looks at the relationship in a more bitter fashion and the woman still holds great hopes.

In my opinion the man looks at the relationship in a more bitter fashion and the woman still holds great hopes.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: I don't like reverse-angle shots - I find them very fake and very untruthful to the viewer.

I don't like reverse-angle shots - I find them very fake and very untruthful to the viewer.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: Good cinema is what we can believe, and bad cinema is what we can't believe.

Good cinema is what we can believe, and bad cinema is what we can't believe.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: In order to be universal, you have to be rooted in your own culture.

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

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: I never reflect or convey that which I have not experienced myself.

I never reflect or convey that which I have not experienced myself.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: Unfortunately, cinema critics are very few in America, 400-500 people, but there are more critics of Iran.

Unfortunately, cinema critics are very few in America, 400-500 people, but there are more critics of Iran.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and villages, than in towns.

I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and villages, than in towns.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: Usually when I write a script, I have in mind some real people that I'm writing about, who don't always act in the film afterward.

Usually when I write a script, I have in mind some real people that I'm writing about, who don't always act in the film afterward.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: Using non-actors has its own rules and really requires that you allow them to do their own thing.

Using non-actors has its own rules and really requires that you allow them to do their own thing.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: In my mind, there isn't as much of a distinction between documentary and fiction as there is between a good movie and a bad one.

In my mind, there isn't as much of a distinction between documentary and fiction as there is between a good movie and a bad one.

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 quotes: Anything I've not experienced I do not look to for a subject. I have to feel it.

Anything I've not experienced I do not look to for a subject. I have to feel it.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: Light: the greatest painter and photographer of all. At every single moment of our lives we see different images, different pictures.

Light: the greatest painter and photographer of all. At every single moment of our lives we see different images, different pictures.

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

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

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: I'm still very grateful to digital cameras in general, but I didn't have this feeling with the RED one.

I'm still very grateful to digital cameras in general, but I didn't have this feeling with the RED one.

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

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

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: 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.

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.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: Everybody knows that I am not usually patient enough to actually sit down and watch one of my own films from the beginning to the end - I never do.

Everybody knows that I am not usually patient enough to actually sit down and watch one of my own films from the beginning to the end - I never do.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: It's true that the best way of knowing yourself is to put yourself into different situations.

It's true that the best way of knowing yourself is to put yourself into different situations.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: I never really learned photography.

I never really learned photography.

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: The world is my workshop. It is not my home.

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

Abbas Kiarostami quotes: I really enjoy listening to stories. I remember them and keep them in my mind.

I really enjoy listening to stories. I remember them and keep them in my mind.