I think that every artist dreams of renewing the forms which came before, but I think very few can be considered to have achieved that. We are all dwarves standing upon the shoulders of the giants who preceded us, and I think we must never forget that. After all, even iconoclasts only exist with respect to that which they destroy. Peter Greenaway Read Quote
We all know that we’re going to die, but we don’t know when. That’s not a blessing, that’s a curse. Peter Greenaway Read Quote
If you knew when you were going to die, wouldn’t you make your life more worthwhile? Peter Greenaway Read Quote
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 Read Quote
