He once said: "Juxtaposing a person with an environment that is boundless, collating him with a countless number of people passing by close to him and far away, relating a person to the whole world, that is the meaning of cinema.
hiː wˈʌns sˈɛd: "dʒˈʌkstɐpˌoʊzɪŋ ɐ pˈɜːsən wɪð ɐn ɛnvˈaɪɹənmənt ðæt ɪz bˈaʊndləs, kˈoʊleɪɾɪŋ hˌɪm wɪð ɐ kˈaʊntləs nˈʌmbɚɹ ʌv pˈiːpəl pˈæsɪŋ baɪ klˈoʊs tə hˌɪm ænd fˈɑːɹ ɐwˈeɪ, ɹᵻlˈeɪɾɪŋ ɐ pˈɜːsən tə ðə hˈoʊl wˈɜːld, ðæt ɪz ðə mˈiːnɪŋ ʌv sˈɪnəmə.