All really worthwhile artists, creators, use the technology of their time, and anybody who doesn't becomes immediately a fossil. — Peter Greenaway Art Copy Share Image
Painting is the supreme form of expression; you don't need to 'read' painting. — Peter Greenaway Expression Copy Share Image
We live in a time of excess - excess population, excess information. — Peter Greenaway Data Copy Share Image
The pretence that numbers are not the humble creation of man, but are the exacting language of the Universe and therefore possess… — Peter Greenaway All things Copy Share Image
I can't think of anyone who has done anything remotely useful after the age of 80. — Peter Greenaway Age Copy Share Image
Life is full of a thousand red herrings, and it takes the history of a civilisation to work out which are the… — Peter Greenaway Civilisation Copy Share Image
I admit that death is not just about you, it's also about the people who love you. — Peter Greenaway Admit Copy Share Image
I'm sorry - you know, culture is elitist. Culture has to be elitist: it's about seeing and knowing and about knowledge. — Peter Greenaway Culture Copy Share Image
I think that films or indeed any art work should be made in a way that they are infinitely viewable; so that… — Peter Greenaway Art Copy Share Image
On the other hand, I view the whole matter from a cosmic perspective. I don't take a position. I believe that there… — Peter Greenaway Behinds Copy Share Image
I always think that if you deal with extremely emotional, even melodramatic, subject matter, as I constantly do, the best way to… — Peter Greenaway Best way Copy Share Image
Imagine a world where nothing is stable. In the West, we have three moving elements -- Air, Fire, Water -- but at… — Peter Greenaway Air Copy Share Image
I am Welsh by birth, English by education, and European by nature. — Peter Greenaway Birth Copy Share Image
Try this experiment: Pick a famous movie - 'Casablanca,' say - and summarize the plot in one sentence. Is that plot you… — Peter Greenaway Famous Copy Share Image
My audience is comprised of three categories. The first category contains the people who decide after the first five minutes that they've… — Peter Greenaway Able Copy Share Image
Most cinema is not about images but text. Why on earth have we based cinema on text? Why can't we break that… — Peter Greenaway Break Copy Share Image
We have to move away from the concept of screening in cinemas. This can be achieved with the new technologies. I enjoy… — Peter Greenaway Barriers Copy Share Image
Some people would say again that my attitudes are cold and cerebral; I suppose if you're thinking about American sentimental movies, I… — Peter Greenaway American Copy Share Image
We all live to a formula. Maybe the secret lies in keeping that formula secret. — Peter Greenaway Formulas Copy Share Image
I think my films are very English. That certain emotional distance, interest in the world, interest in irony. These are all deeply… — Peter Greenaway Certain Copy Share Image
It's precisely on the Internet that the majority of the writing is terribly bad and uninteresting. — Peter Greenaway Internet Copy Share Image
I like to think of The Falls as my own personal encyclopedia Greenaway-ensis. — Peter Greenaway Encyclopedia Copy Share Image
There's more religion in my little finger than there is in the pope. But no, I don't believe in God. I am… — Peter Greenaway Believe Copy Share Image
I obviously irritate people. I obviously antagonise them. — Peter Greenaway Irritate Copy Share Image
