I wouldn't wish the eighties on anyone, it was the time when all that was rotten bubbled to the surface. If you were not at the receiving end of this mayhem you could be unaware of it. — Derek Jarman Copy Share Image
One of the joys our technological civilization has lost is the excitement with which seasonal flowers and fruits were welcomed; the first daffodil, strawberry… — Derek Jarman Copy Share
These names: gay, queer, homosexual are limiting. I would love to finish with them. We're going to have to decide which terms to use… — Derek Jarman Copy Share
“The Gautama Buddha instructs me to walk away from illness. But he wasn't attached to a drip.” — Derek Jarman Copy Share
Indian yellow, banned. Cows were poisoned with mango leaves and the colour was made from their urine. It is the bright yellow in Indian… — Derek Jarman Copy Share
If Gucci handbags were still in fashion Greenaway would carry his scripts in them. — Derek Jarman Copy Share
I wouldn't wish the eighties on anyone, it was the time when all that was rotten bubbled to the surface. If you were not… — Derek Jarman Copy Share
I wouldn't wish the eighties on anyone, it was the time when all that was rotten bubbled to the surface. If you were not… — Derek Jarman Copy Share
Red protects itself. No colour is as territorial. It stakes a claim, is on the alert against the spectrum. — Derek Jarman Copy Share
Violet has the shortest wavelength of the spectrum. Behind it, the invisible ultraviolet. Roses are Red, Violets are Blue. Poor violet, violated for a… — Derek Jarman Copy Share
“If you can, trap me. I'll make a good patient because I was brought up in the environment of authority; it's going to be… — Derek Jarman Copy Share
The queers of the sixties, like those since, have connived with their repression under a veneer of respectability. Good mannered city queens in suits… — Derek Jarman Copy Share
