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.
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There is no 'natural' order, only the way things are.
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School after Labor Day is now the law of the land in Maryland.
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I will always find even the worst paintings that attempt some kind of representation better than the best invented paintings.
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I've always prided myself on being myself and trying to stick true to who I am and how I was raised.
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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.
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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.
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There is no doubt that Formula 1 has the best risk management of any sport and any industry in the world.
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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.
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And for my family, comedically, that was the key to a lot of the humor.
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I'm a work in progress.
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I was an English major at Brown. I never enjoyed history classes.
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When I'm out there, you just have to react. That's why you work on those throws. When you're in the moment, you can't think to yourself, 'How do I get this to go 47 yards and be 2 yards inside the sideline?'
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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.
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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.
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I'm actually pretty afraid of scary movies, so I can't watch them at night, but I am a fan during the daytime!
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Regardless of who you are or who you like, love is love.
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The first five albums I did, I tried a little bit of everything. I was trying not to conform at all.
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I've had many mentors, but the one that has the most impact was my mother.
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Some of our early work was two minutes twenty when it actually came out on vinyl, very, very, very short. Sometimes if you made a three-minute record they would make you do an edited version for radio, particularly in America.
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Australia has always encouraged the little bloke to have a go, the Aussie battler to get up.
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To recognize negativism as a force of creation is to give up the creative standpoint altogether.
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I really just want to work with good directors and learn as much as I possibly can.
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Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.
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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.
