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Last Updated on Jul 31, 2026

Daily
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Nov 07, 2020

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.

Nov 07, 2020

Religion works on some people but not on everyone, because it says, 'Stop thinking and accept what I tell you.' That's not valid for people who want to think and reflect.

Eliminated
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Nov 07, 2020

My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.

Believe
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Nov 07, 2020

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

Free
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Nov 07, 2020

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

Nov 07, 2020

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.

Down
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Nov 07, 2020

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.

Poetry
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Nov 07, 2020

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

Citizen
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Nov 07, 2020

I am a citizen of the world.

Never
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Nov 07, 2020

I never really learned photography.

More
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Nov 07, 2020

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.

Each Year
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Nov 07, 2020

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

I Think
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Nov 07, 2020

I think I really produce my best work in Iran.

Myself
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Nov 07, 2020

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

Nothing
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Nov 07, 2020

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

Life
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Nov 07, 2020

All the different nations in the world, despite their differences of appearance and religion and language and way of life, still have one thing in common, and that is what's inside of all of us. If we X-rayed the insides of different human beings, we wouldn't be able to tell from those X-rays what the person's language or background or race is.

Difficult
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Nov 07, 2020

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.

Nov 07, 2020

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!

Life
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Nov 07, 2020

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

Nov 07, 2020

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

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