My way of expression is full of complications and mystery because that’s my perception of life. Abbas Kiarostami Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Digital photography is, by definition, unfinished. You don’t feel that after every 24 or 36 shots you have to change your film – you know you can go on for ever if you want. You can see the result immediately, and find out if your original idea is worth going on with or not, whether it can be corrected, whether it can be improved. Abbas Kiarostami Read Quote
When I talk to some of the younger filmmakers, they are so worried about their films that, eventually, this state of being worried reflects itself in and helps the final work. Whereas, with projects that are meticulously planned, you look at the end result and it is full of emptiness. Abbas Kiarostami Read Quote
As film-makers, it is very important for us to find common ground between cultures, and maybe that’s less the case for politicians who benefit more from finding the conflicts and differences between us. Abbas Kiarostami Read Quote
I think Woody Allen is Woody Allen, and no matter where he goes he still makes his Woody Allen films. Abbas Kiarostami Read Quote
Good cinema is what we can believe, and bad cinema is what we can’t believe. Abbas Kiarostami Read Quote
