"My second Christian name is John. Good solid……" — Peter Greenaway
"My second Christian name is John. Good solid bourgeois Christian name, like my first name, Peter, a rock. Minerals. Build on rock, rocks, uranium. Peter and John were two of the twelve apostles - arguable the two most significant. Were my parents hedging their bets?"
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71 Quotes by Peter Greenaway
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We all live to a formula. Maybe the secret lies in keeping that formula secret.
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Creation, to me, is to try to orchestrate the universe to understand what surrounds us. Even if, to accomplish that,…
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What are you -- some kind of addict? Is this where you come to...
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I really, sincerely believe that one should trust the work, and not the author.
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I have often thought it was very arrogant to suppose you could make a film for anybody but yourself.
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If you want to tell stories, be a writer, not a filmmaker.
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It seems so tragic to me that so many filmmakers are making movies up against this extra-ordinary revolution with one…
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My heroes among filmmakers would be people like Buñuel and Pasolini, who were of very high cinematic intelligence, but tread…
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We have to move away from the concept of screening in cinemas. This can be achieved with the new technologies.…
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An American critic wrote that she would rather be forced to read the New York telephone directory three times than…
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Many quite popular films are filled with violence. I think the difference between those and my films is that I…
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I have a very, very secret drive to become a dilettante, without the pejorative overtones or the obligation to produce…
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More Apostles Quotes
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If you go forward in the spirit of the original apostles and followers of Jesus Christ, trusting not in man…
— Adam Clarke
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For I have shown from the Scriptures, that no one of the sons of Adam is as to everything, and…
— Irenaeus of Lyons
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To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armour, the apostles of martial virtues, tend not to die fighting when…
— George Orwell
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Blessed be Thou, my Lord Jesus Christ, who didst foretell Thy death before the time, and in the Last Supper…
— Brigit of Kildare
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I desire to go to Hell and not to Heaven. In the former I shall enjoy the company of popes,…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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The three great apostles of practical atheism, that make converts without persecuting, and retain them without preaching, are wealth, health…
— Charles Caleb Colton
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The Church received from the apostles the tradition of giving baptism even to infants. The apostles, to whom were committed…
— Origen
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Thus, the apostles' adventure began as a gathering of persons who open to one another reciprocally. A direct knowledge of…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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For each one of you, as for the apostles, the encounter with the divine Teacher who calls you friends may…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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I thank you, dear Brothers, for preaching the love of Christ and exhorting your people to tolerance, respect and love…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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The need to proclaim Christ boldly and courageously is a continuing priority for the Church; indeed it is a solemn…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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The saints must be honored as friends of Christ and children and heirs of God. Let us carefully observe the…
— John of Damascus
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