All Peter Greenaway Quotes
- Too many proofs spoil the truth. Inspirational
- Cinema is dead, long live cinema. Cinema
- 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… Aesthetics
- 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… Any
- All religions have always hated females. All
- Anybody who writes a diary insists it must be read by someone else. Anybody
- Cinema basically examines a personality first and the body afterward. Afterward
- English culture is highly literary-based. Based
- For so many filmmakers, cinema is a means to an end. Cinema
- I admit that death is not just about you, it's also about the people who love you. Admit
- I can't think of anyone who has done anything remotely useful after the age of 80. Age
- I don't believe in the deplorable notion of realism in the cinema: you can over-reach it, and it becomes as false as convention. Becomes
- I don't want to be a film-maker. I think painting is far more exciting and profound. Exciting
- I obviously irritate people. I obviously antagonise them. Antagonise
- I've always been fascinated by Eisenstein. Been
- The Sistine Chapel is an extraordinary work of education - it lays out all the early books of the Bible. All
- We all know that we're going to die, but we don't know when. That's not a blessing, that's a curse. All
- 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… Always Think
- 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… Celebratory
- I think my films are always quite self-reflexive and always question 'why am I doing this, is this the right way to do it, what… Always Question
- 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… All