Quotes by Abbas Kiarostami

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

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

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.

Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.

I would say that no film is apolitical. There are politics in all films. Any film that is anchored in a society, any film that deals with humanity is necessarily political.