Kim Ki-duk Quotes & Sayings

“I don't think that the spoken words solve everything. Sometimes silence delivers truer feelings while the words can distort the meaning in some situations.”

“A person's current personality of love, hatred, jealousy, rage or a murderous intent and so on is formed upon genetic elements, education, the environment and a family a person grows in.”

“An artist's creative energy is ephemeral as a flower. It blooms and soon dies. No artist is great forever. Personally, I think I reached my peak in 2004 when I shot 'Samaria' and '3-Iron'.”

“I always concentrate on respecting human beings and their lives and the meaning within their lives, and I believe that is something people around the world can appreciate.”

“I don't have the ability to find a middle ground with my audiences, and I know this too well.”

“I don't really know how I grow. I can only see the changes when I look at the films.”

“I try not to interpret things of the world into a single meaning. Rather, I try the opposite.”

“Many people who have watched 'Pieta' have said my filmmaking has become more objective.”

“Yes I did study to be a preacher, but I didn't finish.”

“A director should not define everything. For me, the movie is a form of a question I pose to the others or to the audience. I want to ask their opinion on my point of view and discuss it with them.”