♦ “Literature used to shape minds — especially poetry. It formed a person’s inner world, their spirituality. Now we live in an era that glorifies ignorance, and the frightening majority is ruled by mediocrity.”

— Nadiya Karahayeva

 

♦ “On cinema:

There’s no need to set rigid boundaries. A frame is a painting, a storyline is a script. The present moment can’t be measured. Freedom itself is the new language.”

— Nadiya Karahayeva

 

♦ “On perception:

Angles in film are as invented as the relationship between objects and space in paintings. In the end, everything is open to debate — and can be reshaped, reframed, reimagined…”

— Nadiya Karahayeva

 

♦ “On inner freedom:

Never ‘dive into yourself’ — there are so many ways out. One of them is the world of cinema. It’s the freedom of the inner self, the soul’s ego.

Films are something new — history, emotion, freedom, inspiration…

It’s something certain doctors don’t prescribe. But it is a new ‘Me.”

— Nadiya Karahayeva

 

♦ “A book is something in between — between words and fiction, between the past and the future, between images and the edge of reality.

There’s so much to say about writing. But what comes out is always something new…

Another night spent, another life, another eternity.”

— Nadiya Karahayeva

 

♦ “From The Dream Workshop

“The soul lives through countless states.

Each one is a tiny, distinct world.

Once, in our distant childhood, many of us first felt kindness, love, happiness, courage, sincerity.

The list could go on forever.

And it all began with a fairy tale.”

— Nadiya Karahayeva

 

♦ “Wisdom does not depend on time.

Its meaning does not fade with years.

A book is eternity.”

— Nadiya Karahayeva

 

♦ “On childhood and character

“I don’t know, maybe it sounds strange,

but childhood has its own kind of strength.

Character — the ‘self’ — forms depending on place and society.

And while society only affects the subconscious, personality grows from the environment.

There are things, traits, and fates in that space.

If a child is a genius, they are capable of uncovering the nature of essence.”

— Nadiya Karahayeva

 

♦ “On the book The Dream Workshop

“The Dream Workshop” is not an ordinary book. It’s mysticism, seen through the eyes of a filmmaker. Each chapter is like a script — each one could become a film.”

— Nadiya Karahayeva

 

♦ “On dreams

Images and visions in dreams can explain so much. Dreams are the past and the future, states and thoughts, the sublime and the real. You just have to pause and reflect.”

— Nadiya Karahayeva

 

♦ “On dreams and reality

“The Dream Workshop” is a blend of reality and dreams.

How many times in dreams can we return, search and not find — or find something, but not what we hoped to see.”

— Nadiya Karahayeva