From my very first movie, what was my concentration, my inspiration, was I didn’t want to narrate something, I didn’t want to tell a story. I wanted to show something, I wanted for them to make their own story from what they were seeing. Abbas Kiarostami Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
There is violence in real life but I would never impose violence in a film just to attract the audience. Abbas Kiarostami Read Quote
I can watch films and say how technically beautiful they are, but I’m not impressed by any technicality. Abbas Kiarostami Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Poetry always runs away from you – it’s very difficult to grasp it, and every time you read it, depending on your conditions, you will have a different grasp of it. Whereas with a novel, once you have read it, you have grasped it. Abbas Kiarostami Read Quote
