Art Quote by Peter Greenaway

I've tried not to treat Shakespeare as a marble giant.

— Martin Freeman

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…

— Peter Greenaway

If you think about it, most cinema is built along 19th-century models. You would hardly think that the cinema had discovered James Joyce sometimes.

— Peter Greenaway

I always think that if you deal with extremely emotional, even melodramatic, subject matter, as I constantly do, the best way to handle those…

— Peter Greenaway

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

— Peter Greenaway

I hate Shakespeare. I think Shakespeare's rubbish.

— Anonymous

Shakespeare, who never could think up a plot by himself, found this one [Macbeth] in Holinshed's Chronicles, changing it just enough so that no…

— Richard Armour

T. Ray said 'Who do you think you are? Julias Shakespeare?' The man sincerely thought that was Shakespeare's first name, and if you think…

— Sue Monk Kidd

“If you cannot understand my argument, and declare "It's Greek to me", you are quoting Shakespeare; if you claim to be more sinned against…

— Bernard Levin

Shakespeare's always been sitting on my back, since I began reading. And, certainly, as a writer, he's who I hear all the time. And…

— Howard Jacobson

There have only been two authentic geniuses in the world, Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare and I think you'd better put Shakespeare first, darling.

— Tallulah Bankhead

I think cinema is needed throughout Africa, because we are lagging behind in the knowledge of our own history. I think we need to…

— Ousmane Sembene