Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Yasmin Ahmad

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Malaysian film director Yasmin Ahmad.
Last updated on November 8, 2024.
Yasmin Ahmad

Yasmin binti Ahmad was a Malaysian film director, writer and scriptwriter. She was the executive creative director at Leo Burnett Kuala Lumpur. Her television commercials and films are well known in Malaysia for being humorous and touching. Her work crossed cross-cultural barriers, particularly her ads for Petronas, the national oil and gas company. Her works have won multiple awards both within Malaysia and internationally. In Malaysia, her films were highly controversial due to their depiction of events and relationships, which have been considered 'forbidden' by social conservatives, especially hard-line interpretations of Islam.

If your intentions are pure, if you apply your craft with a view to observe humanity and, ultimately, God himself, very often something powerful will surface.
God gives everyone the same amount of talent. It's just up to you to korek (dig).
When you’re unsure, jump with your eyes closed and legs wide open — © Yasmin Ahmad
When you’re unsure, jump with your eyes closed and legs wide open
Perhaps, in the end, there are no such things as creative people; there are only sharp observers with sensitive hearts.
Energy cannot be destroyed. It just takes on different forms.
It is perfect to be imperfect, because perfection is made up of many imperfections put together that makes it perfect.
If you want somebody to change so much, what is it that you love about that person ?
The way to start writing isn't by writing at all. But by living. It isn't about creating something from thin air, but about documenting our personal feelings about the things that we see. Or to put it crudely, how are you going to be a storyteller if you have no story to tell? Perhaps, in the end, there are no such things as creative people; they are only sharp observers with sensitive hearts.
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