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Peter Greenaway Quotes

Cinema is far too rich and capable a medium to be merely left to the storytellers Picture Quote #1

This is where I begin to do the writing. I am now going to be the pen and not the paper Picture Quote #1

Americans don’t understand what metaphor in cinema is about. They’re extremely good at making straightforward, linear narrative movies, which entertain superbly. But they very rarely do anything else Picture Quote #1

To be an atheist you have to have ten thousand times more imagination than if you are a religious fundamentalist. You must take the responsibility to acquire information, digest and use it to understand what you can Picture Quote #1

Creation, to me, is to try to orchestrate the universe to understand what surrounds us. Even if, to accomplish that, we use all sorts of strategems which in the end prove completely incapable of staving off chaos Picture Quote #1

I have often thought it was very arrogant to suppose you could make a film for anybody but yourself Picture Quote #1

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We are all united by the phenomenon that we have a body and that body is universally the same, more or less. If we lose sight of that perspective, everything can desperately suffer Picture Quote #1

I want to regard my public as infinitely intelligent, as understanding notions of the suspension of disbelief and as realising all the time that this is not a slice of life, this is openly a film Picture Quote #1

I do feel for me that cinema has somehow ceased to be a spectator sport. I get tremendous excitement out of making it rather than watching it Picture Quote #1

As for critics, one mediocre writer is more valuable than ten good critics. They are like haughty, barren spinsters lodged in a maternity ward Picture Quote #1

I do indeed think that cinema is mortal. There is a lot of evidence already that it is dying on its feet Picture Quote #1

I don’t think we’ve seen any cinema yet. I think we’ve seen 100 years of illustrated text Picture Quote #1

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I wanted to make a cinema of ideas, not plots, and to use the same aesthetics as painting, which has always paid great attention to formal devices of structure, composition and framing Picture Quote #1

I admit that death is not just about you, it’s also about the people who love you Picture Quote #1

I can’t think of anyone who has done anything remotely useful after the age of 80 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

I always think that art is one of the most wonderful exciting curious ways to learn. I have no worries or apologies about art being used as a teaching medium Picture Quote #1

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

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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

I think that films or indeed any art work should be made in a way that they are infinitely viewable; so that you could go back to it time and time again, not necessarily immediately but over a space of time, and see new things in it, or new ways of looking at it Picture Quote #1

Cinema doesn’t connect with the body as artists have in two thousand years of painting, using the nude as the central figure which the ideas seem to circulate around. I think it is important to somehow push or stretch or emphasize, in as many ways as I can, the sheer bulk, shape, heaviness, the juices, the actual structure of the body. Cinema basically examines a personality first and the body afterward Picture Quote #1

On the other hand, I view the whole matter from a cosmic perspective. I don’t take a position. I believe that there are no more positions to take, no certainties, no facts. Many people find this confusing about my films; they say I am hiding out behind irony. But from a cosmic viewpoint, it is eternally unimportant whether one lives or not Picture Quote #1

The large body of the swan wedged in the shattered glass of the car windscreen fills the film frame. Its head is bent back on itself in a parody of its orthodox gracefulness Picture Quote #1

I’m an excuse for medical experiments and art theory. You must get me out of here and out of the hospital Picture Quote #1

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I sit here for hours. It’s like sitting amongst lighthouses, each lighthouse giving you a bearing on lost spaces of time Picture Quote #1

... There are tens of thousands of photographs taken here, all taken very patiently, because decay can be very slow.. Ten months for a human body... They say Picture Quote #1

There is some comfort to be had in contemplating the folly of so many dead, don’t you think?... and more comfort still in contemplating the continuity Picture Quote #1

I cannot keep a clock or a watch. They stop on me. why won’t time stay peacefully on my wrist? Is time not interested in me any more because I am dying? Picture Quote #1

I once saw a film where the main character didn’t speak for the first half hour Picture Quote #1

What good are all these books to you? You can’t eat them! How can they make you happy? Picture Quote #1

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Cinema is far too rich and capable a medium to be merely left to the storytellers (Peter Greenaway Quotes) This is where I begin to do the writing. I am now going to be the pen and not the paper (Peter Greenaway Quotes) Americans don’t understand what metaphor in cinema is about. They’re extremely good at making straightforward, linear narrative movies, which entertain superbly. But they very rarely do anything else (Peter Greenaway Quotes) To be an atheist you have to have ten thousand times more imagination than if you are a religious fundamentalist. You must take the responsibility to acquire information, digest and use it to understand what you can (Peter Greenaway Quotes) Creation, to me, is to try to orchestrate the universe to understand what surrounds us. Even if, to accomplish that, we use all sorts of strategems which in the end prove completely incapable of staving off chaos (Peter Greenaway Quotes) I have often thought it was very arrogant to suppose you could make a film for anybody but yourself (Peter Greenaway Quotes) We are all united by the phenomenon that we have a body and that body is universally the same, more or less. If we lose sight of that perspective, everything can desperately suffer (Peter Greenaway Quotes) I want to regard my public as infinitely intelligent, as understanding notions of the suspension of disbelief and as realising all the time that this is not a slice of life, this is openly a film (Peter Greenaway Quotes) I do feel for me that cinema has somehow ceased to be a spectator sport. I get tremendous excitement out of making it rather than watching it (Peter Greenaway Quotes) As for critics, one mediocre writer is more valuable than ten good critics. They are like haughty, barren spinsters lodged in a maternity ward (Peter Greenaway Quotes) I do indeed think that cinema is mortal. There is a lot of evidence already that it is dying on its feet (Peter Greenaway Quotes) I don’t think we’ve seen any cinema yet. I think we’ve seen 100 years of illustrated text (Peter Greenaway Quotes) I wanted to make a cinema of ideas, not plots, and to use the same aesthetics as painting, which has always paid great attention to formal devices of structure, composition and framing (Peter Greenaway Quotes) I admit that death is not just about you, it’s also about the people who love you (Peter Greenaway Quotes) I can’t think of anyone who has done anything remotely useful after the age of 80 (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) I always think that art is one of the most wonderful exciting curious ways to learn. I have no worries or apologies about art being used as a teaching medium (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) I think that films or indeed any art work should be made in a way that they are infinitely viewable; so that you could go back to it time and time again, not necessarily immediately but over a space of time, and see new things in it, or new ways of looking at it (Peter Greenaway Quotes) Cinema doesn’t connect with the body as artists have in two thousand years of painting, using the nude as the central figure which the ideas seem to circulate around. I think it is important to somehow push or stretch or emphasize, in as many ways as I can, the sheer bulk, shape, heaviness, the juices, the actual structure of the body. Cinema basically examines a personality first and the body afterward (Peter Greenaway Quotes) On the other hand, I view the whole matter from a cosmic perspective. I don’t take a position. I believe that there are no more positions to take, no certainties, no facts. Many people find this confusing about my films; they say I am hiding out behind irony. But from a cosmic viewpoint, it is eternally unimportant whether one lives or not (Peter Greenaway Quotes) The large body of the swan wedged in the shattered glass of the car windscreen fills the film frame. Its head is bent back on itself in a parody of its orthodox gracefulness (Peter Greenaway Quotes) I’m an excuse for medical experiments and art theory. You must get me out of here and out of the hospital (Peter Greenaway Quotes) I sit here for hours. It’s like sitting amongst lighthouses, each lighthouse giving you a bearing on lost spaces of time (Peter Greenaway Quotes) ... There are tens of thousands of photographs taken here, all taken very patiently, because decay can be very slow.. Ten months for a human body... They say (Peter Greenaway Quotes) There is some comfort to be had in contemplating the folly of so many dead, don’t you think?... and more comfort still in contemplating the continuity (Peter Greenaway Quotes) I cannot keep a clock or a watch. They stop on me. why won’t time stay peacefully on my wrist? Is time not interested in me any more because I am dying? (Peter Greenaway Quotes) I once saw a film where the main character didn’t speak for the first half hour (Peter Greenaway Quotes) What good are all these books to you? You can’t eat them! How can they make you happy? (Peter Greenaway Quotes)

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