Peter Greenaway Quotes

Perhaps, sadly, in the end, cinema is only a translator's art, and you know what they say about translators: traitors all.

Peter Greenaway

Peter Greenaway

Art

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There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.

Samuel Johnson
- Great
- Art
- Happiness
I remember I heard it in an interview with Michael Jackson one day, saying the art is gone, everybody makes records just to make a record. See, I always want the artist that try to build a whole body of music on one album, so you can enjoy it. So you could say, 'I went with him here, I went with him here.'

Raekwon
- Music
- Art
- Remember
Music is an art that touches the depth of human existence; an art of sounds that crosses all borders.

Daniel Barenboim
- Music
- Art
- Human
I think that's what art is about: to provoke you. It helps me make sense of a senseless universe because I become the god of the story. I create it, and I see it in all its lineaments in my own way and can control it – in a world in which everything else is out of control.

T. C. Boyle
- World
- God
- Art
A nice blend of prediction and surprise seem to be at the heart of the best art.

Wendy Carlos
- Heart
- Art
- Nice
I work in the film business, where schmoozing is an art form, lunch hour lasts from 12:30 until 3, and every meeting takes an hour whether there's an hour's worth of business or not.

R. J. Cutler
- Work
- Art
- Business