399 quotes by iranian authors for you to enjoy

This is the beginning, and the dawn of a new era of transportation. Shervin Pishevar

Beginning Dawn New New Era Era Transportation

If you don't fail, you haven't tried hard enough. Shervin Pishevar

You Enough Tried Fail Hard

Women are the victims of this patriarchal culture, but they are also its carriers. Let us keep in mind that every oppressive man was raised in the confines of his mother's home. Shirin Ebadi

Home Man Culture Women Mother Mind Every Also His Oppressive Women Are Patriarchal Confines Victims Us Let Us Keep Raised

I believe and support the feminist movement, but I am not generally interested in considering women's rights in relation to equality with men, or in a competition with men, but rather within their own rights and feminine space. Shirin Neshat

Rights Women Equality Competition Space Men Own Believe Relation Considering Rather Generally Support Within Am Feminine Feminist Movement Interested

Cinema is a reflection of its own society. Shohreh Aghdashloo

Cinema Reflection Own Society

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

You Darkness Total Poetry Still

I feel like a tree. A tree doesn't feel a duty to start doing something about the earth from which it comes. A tree just has to bear fruit, and leaves and blossoms. It doesn't feel grateful to the earth. Abbas Kiarostami

Fruit Grateful Duty Tree Earth About Something Bear Feel Like Leaves Doing Blossoms Just Which Start

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

Home World Workshop

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

Day Will Free Out Run Iran Petrol

I have no advice for anyone on how to live. Abbas Kiarostami

Advice Live How Anyone

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

First Own Tell Seeing Something Inspiration Concentration Make Were Very Want Movie Wanted Story Them Show

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

You Change Photography Unfinished Worth Result Digital Every Immediately Corrected Definition Out Find See Idea Feel Know Go Improved Going Want After Whether Shots Your Original Original Idea Film Ever

I think violence can never be justified. Abbas Kiarostami

Think Never Justified Violence

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. Abbas Kiarostami

Life Religion World Language Differences Despite Way Background Those Tell One Thing Inside Able Still Person Human Common Nations Different Human Beings Race Us Beings Appearance Thing

I think I really produce my best work in Iran. Abbas Kiarostami

Work Best Think Best Work Iran Produce Really

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

Myself Reflect Never Experienced Which Convey

I can watch films and say how technically beautiful they are, but I'm not impressed by any technicality. Abbas Kiarostami

Beautiful Technically Films Say How Impressed Any Watch

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

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