21+ Zhang Yimou Quotes On Happiness, Friendship And Live

Zhang Yimou is a Chinese film director, producer, writer and actor. He is best known for directing the films Raise the Red Lantern, Ju Dou, and Hero. He has won numerous awards, including the Cannes Film Festival's Best Director Award in 1992 and the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion Award in 1993. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Zhang Yimou on love, happiness, life.

Top 10 Zhang Yimou Quotes

1. Piracy has destroyed the domestic market.
2. HERO is a combination of my personal feeling and the commercialism.
3. The so-called commercialism includes elements like story, plots, rhythms and large big scenes.
4. People have become shallower. They view spending, entertaining, seeking leisure and enjoying as the main objectives of their life.
5. Under the big political umbrella, a man is just like a leaf in the ocean, with no control of his destiny and does not have any choice.
6. I must stick with Chinese language films.
7. Wuxia is a fantasy world exists in everyone's mind.
8. To do art, one thing should always remember - subjects of people in misery have deep meanings.
9. People in misery is what most important in art.
10. This is my first wuxia movie and I must consider this before trying to make something with my own.

Zhang Yimou Short Quotes

• To survive is to win.
• I'm not Ang Lee who knows so much about western market and the taste of western audiences.
• For over ten years I always had, but I don't speak English.
• Ang Lee was educated in the West and his English is good.
• You must know what you are capable of.
• But I think we need the international market.
• I am a fan of wuxia.
• Time has changed and now is the age of spending.
• Only people have been through that miserable time will recall the pass from their deep memory.

Zhang Yimou Famous Quotes And Sayings

I hope before I am getting too old and when my mind is still functioning, I can tell some better stories. — Zhang Yimou

Now a movie with 30 million returns would be something very incredible and the producer can only get 10 to 15 million. This is only 100 thousands US dollars. This is not enough! — Zhang Yimou

Life Lessons by Zhang Yimou

1. Zhang Yimou's work emphasizes the importance of understanding and appreciating the beauty and complexity of Chinese culture.
2. His films often explore themes of family, loyalty, and the power of love.
3. His work is a reminder that art can be used to bring people together and to bridge cultural divides.