Top 49 Quotes by Abbas Kiarostami

About Abbas Kiarostami

These are some quotes by Iranian author Abbas Kiarostami Director, who was born on June 22, 1940.

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

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

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

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

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

Usually when I take my films to festivals, I feel incredibly anxious about them. I wonder how it will be received, how the audience will react. I feel deeply responsible for them.

Usually when I take my films to festivals, I feel incredibly anxious about them. I wonder how it will be received, how the audience will react. I feel deeply responsible for them.

Abbas Kiarostami

I don't know whether it is fortunate or unfortunate, but I have no such thing as national pride. I don't feel proud that I am Iranian. I happen to be who I am.

I don't know whether it is fortunate or unfortunate, but I have no such thing as national pride. I don't feel proud that I am Iranian. I happen to be who I am.

Abbas Kiarostami

If you catch me coming out of a film, when I'm emotionally involved, I can tell you at that moment why I like it - but to talk about it years later is not logical to me.

If you catch me coming out of a film, when I'm emotionally involved, I can tell you at that moment why I like it - but to talk about it years later is not logical to me.

Abbas Kiarostami

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

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

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