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 Darwinian evolutionist. Peter Greenaway More Quotes by Peter Greenaway More Quotes From Peter Greenaway I never go to the cinema. I can't stand sitting in the dark with strangers -- all of us obliged to share the same emotional experiences -- it's too intimate. I like to be emotional in private. Peter Greenaway cinema emotional dark There have been innumerable films about film-making, but Otto e Mezzo was a film about the processes of thinking about making a film -- certainly the most enjoyable part of any cinema creation. Peter Greenaway cinema film thinking I was born on the 5th April 1942. On Good Friday. Round about crucifixion time. Archbishop Ussher, a man for dates, who calculated that the world began on September 27th 4004 BC, says the crucifixion took place at three o'clock in the afternoon on Good Friday in the year 33 AD. I was right on time. Peter Greenaway friday men years What do you want art to give you? What do you want cultural experience to give you? Shouldn't it be in-depth, profound experiences which have some satisfaction and can be retained in your four senses and your imagination for the rest of your life? Peter Greenaway giving profound art I don't believe that one has to tear down the cinema screen in order to renew cinema. But new input and new energy are lacking. They are flowing above all into the television technologies. We must, therefore, concentrate on the CD-ROM. Peter Greenaway technology order believe A French critic referred to me as a gay pessimist, with gay used in its older sense, and talked of Cocteau in the same breath. Peter Greenaway pessimist gay used If Good approved of his creature's creation, He breathed the painted clay-model into life by signing His name. Peter Greenaway clay creation names In practically every film you experience, you can see the director following the text. Illustrating the words first, making the pictures after, and, alas, so often not making pictures at all, but holding up the camera to do its mimetic worst. Peter Greenaway cameras directors firsts 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 is cinema for, does it have a purpose? Peter Greenaway self doe thinking There are many photos of Eisenstein. I think he was quite vain, and he liked photos of him. Being a virgin at 33 is strange now, but let's not be too high-minded about that. Peter Greenaway vain strange thinking Churchill was a good writer but a bad historian. Peter Greenaway historian good-writers Since Caesar, we know his historians are liars. The good writers get read. Bad history doesn't get read. Peter Greenaway historian good-writers liars Painting is the supreme form of expression; you don't need to 'read' painting. Peter Greenaway painting expression needs We can have our own choices in sex partners, but you cannot avoid birth and death. It's the content of all religion and art. We familiarize them and if we're more honest, we'd be far more relaxed about them. Peter Greenaway choices sex art If you're a Shakespeare fan, isn't that a way to negotiate sex and death? Peter Greenaway fans sex way Eisenstein was a good editor. I was trained as a film editor, and I've no doubt that the editor is key to a film. Peter Greenaway editors keys doubt I went to art school, and every Tuesday and Friday we drew the nude. If you look at Western painting, male and female nudes are in the center of every painting. It's difficult and exciting to draw the nude. Why get so upset about this? It's our duty to break taboos. Peter Greenaway friday art school I got in trouble with the stern-faced Russians who didn't want me to create a guy who is mortal. Peter Greenaway guy trouble want We do not need a text-based cinema... we need an image-based cinema. Peter Greenaway need cinema Everything I try to do wants to be able to push communication through the notion of the visual image. Peter Greenaway push everything try communication
