All 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… Americans
- I don't have any particular wish to be polemical or didactic; I don't have a 'message', but what I do thoroughly enjoy are those works… Any
- 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… Acquire
- There are, after all, approaches to be made other than the dependable routes that massage sentimental expectations and provide easy opportunities for emotional identification. All
- I don't want to become an ivory tower filmmaker. That sounds peculiar, but I want to be a mainstream filmmaker. I want the largest possible… Audience
- 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… All
- There are basically only two subject matters in all Western culture: sex and death. We do have some ability to manipulate sex nowadays. We have… Ability
- 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… All
- My favourite way of watching the cinema is the biggest possible cinema you can find, with the biggest possible screen, and the loudest possible Dolby… Biggest
- I've always been fascinated by maps and cartography. A map tells you where you've been, where you are, and where you're going -- in a… Been
- I think my films are very English. That certain emotional distance, interest in the world, interest in irony. These are all deeply English propositions. All
- 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… Ceased
- 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… Athiest
- As for critics, one mediocre writer is more valuable than ten good critics. They are like haughty, barren spinsters lodged in a maternity ward. Barren
- I have transmitted genetic material, all I have to do between my daughters' birth and my death is to decorate my life. All
- I do indeed think that cinema is mortal. There is a lot of evidence already that it is dying on its feet. Cinema
- We live in a time of excess - excess population, excess information. Excess
- I don't think we've seen any cinema yet. I think we've seen 100 years of illustrated text. Any
- It serves the purpose of not serving a purpose, surely quite a valid one. Funny
- I share this interest in the weird, strange, unusual, surreal. Interest
- We don't need virtual reality, we need virtual unreality. Reality
- Works of art are never finished, just stopped. Art
- Cinema is not a playground for Sharon Stone. Cinema
- Cinema has reached a dead end. Cinema
- Bill Viola is worth ten Scorseses. Bill