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“Imagine a world where nothing is stable. In the West, we have three moving elements -- Air, Fire, Water -- but at least we can depend on the fourth.”

Quote by Peter Greenaway

Book:Eight and a half women

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Eight and a half women

This book delves into the intricate dynamics of a group of women, each with their own unique personalities and backgrounds, as they navigate their connections with a central figure. The narrative examines the complexities of human relationships and the various ways in which individuals influence and are influenced by those around them. more

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Peter Greenaway

Peter Greenaway is a British film director known for his unique artistic style and innovative narrative techniques. His films often incorporate historical, cultural, and philosophical elements, challenging viewers to think deeply. more

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“I would be curious about one of those Jane Austen women - you know - long-suffering, dutiful - but all right in the end - a plump 19th century type, five foot four, ringlets, brown eyes, long fingers.”

Knows Long Ends Would Be Eye Suffering Five Four Feet Century Type Fingers Curious Brown Jane 19th Century Austen Long Suffering Brown Eyes

Author:Peter Greenaway

“One of my heroes, almost necessarily from what I'm saying, of course, is Borges, who is a supreme master of doing thing -- being a data bank -- and the beauty of this economy is that he could have written War and Peace in three or four pages; who knows, it might have been a better book.”

Knows Has Beens Book War Might Three Courses Economy Four Written Masters Hero Pages Supreme Data Might Have Been My Hero Borges

Author:Peter Greenaway

“I made a very bad mistake; I miscounted these scraps of information on the record as 92, and in continual homage to this man who had been so influential to me, I began creating or constructing my own films on this so-called "magic" number of 92 ... but when I eventually made a film about John Cage and met him, I explained this to him, and he found it very amusing because there are only 90 stories on the two sides of the record, and I'd based three years of my filmic career on this mathematical error!”

“It seems to me that dominant cinema seems to require an empathy or a sympathy between the film and the audience which is basically to do with the manipulation of the emotions and it seems to me again -- and this is a very subjective position -- that most cinema seems to trivialise the emotions, sentimentalising or romanticising them.”

Seems Film Emotion Audience Position Empathy Cinema Manipulation Dominant Subjective

Author:Peter Greenaway

“I was continually connected with the whole world and never got any rest. At the moment, I spend only a few hours weekly on the net, that's just better for me.”

World Whole Moments Hours Connected Whole World

Author:Peter Greenaway

“Only cinema narrows its concern down to its content, that is to its story. It should, instead, concern itself with its form, its structure.”

Should Stories Form Concern Structure Cinema

Book:Peter Greenaway: Interviews

Source: Peter Greenaway: Interviews

“That comes from most people having an American film model in their heads which is nothing but a total illusionary masturbatory massage.”

People Film Models Massage American Film

Book:Peter Greenaway: Interviews

Source: Peter Greenaway: Interviews

“Cinema is far too rich and capable a medium to be merely left to the storytellers.”

Left Rich Capable Mediums Cinema Storyteller

Author:Peter Greenaway

“You should be allowed to rub out and start again, it means that you are human. The purists are tedious, they tell you a mistake is like an enduring black mark. Nonsense -- better to be human than some infernal machine never going wrong.”

Should Humans Mean Black Mistake Machines Mark Endure Nonsense Tedious

Book:The pillow book

Source: The pillow book

“Blind eyes cannot read.”

Eye Blind Blind Eyes

Author:Peter Greenaway