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Peter Greenaway Quotes

My favourite film-maker west of the English Channel is not English - but to me doesn’t seem American either - David Lynch - a curious American-European film-maker. He has - against odds - achieved what we want to achieve here. He takes great risks with a strong personal voice and adequate funds and space to exercise it. I thought Blue Velvet was a masterpiece Picture Quote #1

What do you want art to give you? What do you want cultural experience to give you? Shouldn’t it be in-depth, profound experiences which have some satisfaction and can be retained in your four senses and your imagination for the rest of your life? Picture Quote #1

I don’t believe that one has to tear down the cinema screen in order to renew cinema. But new input and new energy are lacking. They are flowing above all into the television technologies. We must, therefore, concentrate on the CD-ROM Picture Quote #1

My second Christian name is John. Good solid bourgeois Christian name, like my first name, Peter, a rock. Minerals. Build on rock, rocks, uranium. Peter and John were two of the twelve apostles - arguable the two most significant. Were my parents hedging their bets? Picture Quote #1

I think my films are very English. That certain emotional distance, interest in the world, interest in irony. These are all deeply English propositions Picture Quote #1

There’s more religion in my little finger than there is in the pope. But no, I don’t believe in God. I am an athiest. A Darwinian evolutionist Picture Quote #1

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Imagine a world where nothing is stable. In the West, we have three moving elements -- Air, Fire, Water -- but at least we can depend on the fourth Picture Quote #1

We can have our own choices in sex partners, but you cannot avoid birth and death. It’s the content of all religion and art. We familiarize them and if we’re more honest, we’d be far more relaxed about them Picture Quote #1

Since Caesar, we know his historians are liars. The good writers get read. Bad history doesn’t get read Picture Quote #1

We all know that we’re going to die, but we don’t know when. That’s not a blessing, that’s a curse Picture Quote #1

A really intelligent man makes an indifferent painter. For painting requires a certain blindness, a partial refusal to be aware of all the options Picture Quote #1

Every historian has a vested interest. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire was not about the Roman but the British empire. What price the truth? Picture Quote #1

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I suppose I am gently cynical about notions of who we think we are, but I certainly don’t hate my fellow man. I think my cinema, although it might often deal with death and decay, is highly celebratory Picture Quote #1

In a world where we can all be our own filmmakers, the old elites are disappearing and there is no desire to look at somebody else’s dream anymore because you can go off and make your own Picture Quote #1

The Sistine Chapel is an extraordinary work of education - it lays out all the early books of the Bible Picture Quote #1

If you never lived out your sexuality - it’s a great force, and if you try to fight it, what does that create? Energy: positive and negative, self-loathing Picture Quote #1

There is visual illiteracy with text-oriented films like bloody ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Lord of the Rings.’ Picture Quote #1

We all live to a formula. Maybe the secret lies in keeping that formula secret Picture Quote #1

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My personal obsessions are much more interesting to me than other people’s Picture Quote #1

It serves the purpose of not serving a purpose, surely quite a valid one Picture Quote #1

You can play lacrosse all over the world provided you know where the goalposts are Picture Quote #1

I really, sincerely believe that one should trust the work, and not the author Picture Quote #1

I was completely absorbed as to what would happen because anything was possible Picture Quote #1

This is a book and a body that is so warm to the touch. My touch Picture Quote #1

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The pages are so harmonious in their proportion / disharmony in the contents is impossible Picture Quote #1

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Are these clues? Which ones are important? Which ones are incidental? Which ones are circumstantial? Picture Quote #1

Dots : Small marks variously made to indicate infinity, hesitation, duplication, or lack of imagination Picture Quote #1

Inspiration: A miasma originating in the head that pollutes the body and irritates good sense Picture Quote #1

Only cinema narrows its concern down to its content, that is to its story. It should, instead, concern itself with its form, its structure Picture Quote #1

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My favourite film-maker west of the English Channel is not English - but to me doesn’t seem American either - David Lynch - a curious American-European film-maker. He has - against odds - achieved what we want to achieve here. He takes great risks with a strong personal voice and adequate funds and space to exercise it. I thought Blue Velvet was a masterpiece (Peter Greenaway Quotes) What do you want art to give you? What do you want cultural experience to give you? Shouldn’t it be in-depth, profound experiences which have some satisfaction and can be retained in your four senses and your imagination for the rest of your life? (Peter Greenaway Quotes) I don’t believe that one has to tear down the cinema screen in order to renew cinema. But new input and new energy are lacking. They are flowing above all into the television technologies. We must, therefore, concentrate on the CD-ROM (Peter Greenaway Quotes) My second Christian name is John. Good solid bourgeois Christian name, like my first name, Peter, a rock. Minerals. Build on rock, rocks, uranium. Peter and John were two of the twelve apostles - arguable the two most significant. Were my parents hedging their bets? (Peter Greenaway Quotes) I think my films are very English. That certain emotional distance, interest in the world, interest in irony. These are all deeply English propositions (Peter Greenaway Quotes) There’s more religion in my little finger than there is in the pope. But no, I don’t believe in God. I am an athiest. A Darwinian evolutionist (Peter Greenaway Quotes) Imagine a world where nothing is stable. In the West, we have three moving elements -- Air, Fire, Water -- but at least we can depend on the fourth (Peter Greenaway Quotes) We can have our own choices in sex partners, but you cannot avoid birth and death. It’s the content of all religion and art. We familiarize them and if we’re more honest, we’d be far more relaxed about them (Peter Greenaway Quotes) Since Caesar, we know his historians are liars. The good writers get read. Bad history doesn’t get read. (Peter Greenaway Quotes) We all know that we’re going to die, but we don’t know when. That’s not a blessing, that’s a curse. (Peter Greenaway Quotes) A really intelligent man makes an indifferent painter. For painting requires a certain blindness, a partial refusal to be aware of all the options... (Peter Greenaway Quotes) Every historian has a vested interest. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire was not about the Roman but the British empire. What price the truth? (Peter Greenaway Quotes) I suppose I am gently cynical about notions of who we think we are, but I certainly don’t hate my fellow man. I think my cinema, although it might often deal with death and decay, is highly celebratory. (Peter Greenaway Quotes) In a world where we can all be our own filmmakers, the old elites are disappearing and there is no desire to look at somebody else’s dream anymore because you can go off and make your own. (Peter Greenaway Quotes) The Sistine Chapel is an extraordinary work of education - it lays out all the early books of the Bible. (Peter Greenaway Quotes) If you never lived out your sexuality - it’s a great force, and if you try to fight it, what does that create? Energy: positive and negative, self-loathing. (Peter Greenaway Quotes) There is visual illiteracy with text-oriented films like bloody ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Lord of the Rings.’... (Peter Greenaway Quotes) We all live to a formula. Maybe the secret lies in keeping that formula secret (Peter Greenaway Quotes) My personal obsessions are much more interesting to me than other people’s (Peter Greenaway Quotes) It serves the purpose of not serving a purpose, surely quite a valid one (Peter Greenaway Quotes) You can play lacrosse all over the world provided you know where the goalposts are (Peter Greenaway Quotes) I really, sincerely believe that one should trust the work, and not the author (Peter Greenaway Quotes) I was completely absorbed as to what would happen because anything was possible (Peter Greenaway Quotes) This is a book and a body that is so warm to the touch. My touch (Peter Greenaway Quotes) The pages are so harmonious in their proportion / disharmony in the contents is impossible (Peter Greenaway Quotes) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 37 (Peter Greenaway Quotes) Are these clues? Which ones are important? Which ones are incidental? Which ones are circumstantial? (Peter Greenaway Quotes) Dots : Small marks variously made to indicate infinity, hesitation, duplication, or lack of imagination (Peter Greenaway Quotes) Inspiration: A miasma originating in the head that pollutes the body and irritates good sense (Peter Greenaway Quotes) Only cinema narrows its concern down to its content, that is to its story. It should, instead, concern itself with its form, its structure (Peter Greenaway Quotes)

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