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> [I hope before I am getting too old and when my mind is still functioning, I can tell some better stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-yimou/i-hope-before-i-am-getting-too-old-and-when-my-mind-is-still/)

[Zhang Yimou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-yimou/)

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## More by Zhang Yimou

> [You must know what you are capable of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-yimou/you-must-know-what-you-are-capable-of/)

[Zhang Yimou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-yimou/)

> [This is my first wuxia movie and I must consider this before trying to make something with my own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-yimou/this-is-my-first-wuxia-movie-and-i-must-consider-this-before-trying/)

[Zhang Yimou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-yimou/)

> [The so-called commercialism includes elements like story, plots, rhythms and large big scenes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-yimou/the-so-called-commercialism-includes-elements-like-story-plots/)

[Zhang Yimou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-yimou/)

> [Wuxia is a fantasy world exists in everyone's mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-yimou/wuxia-is-a-fantasy-world-exists-in-everyone-s-mind/)

[Zhang Yimou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-yimou/)

> [People have become shallower. They view spending, entertaining, seeking leisure and enjoying as the main objectives of their life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-yimou/people-have-become-shallower-they-view-spending-entertaining-seeking/)

[Zhang Yimou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-yimou/)

> [For over ten years I always had, but I don't speak English.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-yimou/for-over-ten-years-i-always-had-but-i-don-t-speak-english/)

[Zhang Yimou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-yimou/)

> [To do art, one thing should always remember - subjects of people in misery have deep meanings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-yimou/to-do-art-one-thing-should-always-remember-subjects-of-people-in/)

[Zhang Yimou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-yimou/)

> [To survive is to win.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-yimou/to-survive-is-to-win/)

[Zhang Yimou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-yimou/)

> [I'm not Ang Lee who knows so much about western market and the taste of western audiences.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-yimou/i-m-not-ang-lee-who-knows-so-much-about-western-market-and-the-taste/)

[Zhang Yimou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-yimou/)

> [People in misery is what most important in art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-yimou/people-in-misery-is-what-most-important-in-art/)

[Zhang Yimou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-yimou/)

> [I must stick with Chinese language films.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-yimou/i-must-stick-with-chinese-language-films/)

[Zhang Yimou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-yimou/)

> [Piracy has destroyed the domestic market.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-yimou/piracy-has-destroyed-the-domestic-market/)

[Zhang Yimou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-yimou/)

> [HERO is a combination of my personal feeling and the commercialism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-yimou/hero-is-a-combination-of-my-personal-feeling-and-the-commercialism/)

[Zhang Yimou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-yimou/)

> [Under the big political umbrella, a man is just like a leaf in the ocean, with no control of his destiny and does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-yimou/under-the-big-political-umbrella-a-man-is-just-like-a-leaf-in-the/)

[Zhang Yimou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-yimou/)

> [I am a fan of wuxia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-yimou/i-am-a-fan-of-wuxia/)

[Zhang Yimou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-yimou/)

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