Kim Ki-duk

An artist's creative energy is ephemeral as a flower. It blooms and soon dies. No artist is great forever. Personally, I think…

— Kim Ki-duk

A person's current personality of love, hatred, jealousy, rage or a murderous intent and so on is formed upon genetic elements, education,…

— Kim Ki-duk

I always concentrate on respecting human beings and their lives and the meaning within their lives, and I believe that is something…

— Kim Ki-duk

I always ask myself one question: what is human? What does it mean to be human? Maybe people will consider my new…

— Kim Ki-duk

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

— Kim Ki-duk

I intended to portray the joy, anger, sorrow and pleasure of our lives through four seasons and through the life of a…

— Kim Ki-duk

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

— Kim Ki-duk

It's hard to tell that the world we live in is either a reality or a dream.

— Kim Ki-duk

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

— Kim Ki-duk

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

— Kim Ki-duk

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

— Kim Ki-duk

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

— Kim Ki-duk

A director should not define everything. For me, the movie is a form of a question I pose to the others or…

— Kim Ki-duk