Peter Greenaway Quotes

Cinema ceases to be passive and becomes active: you, the audience, are now, in some senses, in charge of the filmmaking process. You have all got mobile phones, you have all got cam recorders, and you've all got laptops, so you're all filmmakers.

Peter Greenaway

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• There is no 'natural' order, only the way things are.

  

  Hanna Rosin
  • Way
  • Natural
  • Order

• School after Labor Day is now the law of the land in Maryland.

  

  Larry Hogan
  • School
  • Law
  • Day

• I've always prided myself on being myself and trying to stick true to who I am and how I was raised.

  

  Patrick Kane
  • True
  • Raised
  • Prided

• You know what it's like to feel anxious - it's horrible feeling anxious. It's stressful having that feeling, having butterflies in your stomach, even for a day, and you don't sleep at night.

  

  Damian Lewis
  • Night
  • Feeling
  • Day

• There is a feeling, when you listen to radio, that it's one person, and they're talking to you, and you really feel their presence as one person.

  

  Ira Glass
  • Feeling
  • Feel
  • Talking

• There is no doubt that Formula 1 has the best risk management of any sport and any industry in the world.

  

  Jackie Stewart
  • World
  • Best
  • Risk

• I don't want to be disrespectful to people who are incredible at their craft, but the truth is, if I didn't get paid for it, I wouldn't act. The best-paying jobs are usually the worst films. You're a very small cog in a big machine.

  

  Paddy Considine
  • People
  • Truth
  • Small

• And for my family, comedically, that was the key to a lot of the humor.

  

  Damon Wayans
  • Family
  • Humor
  • Key

• I was an English major at Brown. I never enjoyed history classes.

  

  Nathaniel Philbrick
  • History
  • Never
  • English

• The study of law left me unsatisfied, because I did not know the aspects of life which it serves. I perceived only the intricate mental juggling with fictions that did not interest me.

  

  Karl Jaspers
  • Life
  • Law
  • Me

• Our communications reflect in our countenance. Therefore, we must be careful not only what we communicate, but also how we do so. Souls can be strengthened or shattered by the message and the manner in which we communicate.

  

  L. Lionel Kendrick
  • Message
  • Reflect
  • Be Careful

• I'm actually pretty afraid of scary movies, so I can't watch them at night, but I am a fan during the daytime!

  

  Taissa Farmiga
  • Night
  • Movies
  • Scary

• Regardless of who you are or who you like, love is love.

  

  Dan Feuerriegel
  • Love
  • You
  • For Her

• The first five albums I did, I tried a little bit of everything. I was trying not to conform at all.

  

  Carlene Carter
  • Trying
  • First
  • Everything

• I've had many mentors, but the one that has the most impact was my mother.

  

  Ursula Burns
  • Mother
  • Impact
  • Mentors

• It's true that the original idea was mine, but what you see today is the work of probably tens of thousands of the world's best engineers, all concentrating on improving the product, reducing the cost, things of that sort.

  

  Jack Kilby
  • World
  • Work
  • True

• I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Author

• If you want work well done, select a busy man ‚ the other kind has no time.

  

  Elbert Hubbard
  • Time
  • Work
  • Done

• I will work with a director who has good material because at the end of the day, that's what counts.

  

  Javier Bardem
  • Good
  • Work

• The message to all young Americans is that it's great to have a dream; it's great to have goals.

  

  Nicole Malachowski
  • Dream
  • Goals
  • Message

• Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.

  

  Fran Lebowitz
  • People
  • Art
  • True

• Every member of Congress has highways in their district.

  

  Blake Farenthold

• I've just always liked hotels. I like the bed and the sheets and everything that comes along with it.

  

  David Boreanaz

• Cinema ceases to be passive and becomes active: you, the audience, are now, in some senses, in charge of the filmmaking process. You have all got mobile phones, you have all got cam recorders, and you've all got laptops, so you're all filmmakers.

  

  Peter Greenaway