Peter Greenaway Quotes

“The Sistine Chapel is an extraordinary work of education - it lays out all the early books of the Bible.”

“The Sistine Chapel is an extraordinary work of education - it lays out all the early books of the Bible.”

“I have often thought it was very arrogant to suppose you could make a film for anybody but yourself.”

“I really, sincerely believe that one should trust the work, and not the author.”

“I've always loved the language of flowers. I discovered Kate Greenaway's 'Language of Flowers' in a used bookstore when I was 16 and couldn't believe it was such a well-kept secret. How could something so beautiful and romantic be virtually unknown?”

“Why must we hide, Behind walls built high?N' blame our lives, On him, her, I?”

“I hear, "Yes, Let us more education invest!"Whilst destitute, Outside their gates doth rest,Women, children, and men, Poor and a hungered!Odd that colleges fill, Yet mercy is numbered.”

“For many things were shown,Recorded and written down.But what is God to do,When His Word you do renounce?”

“Great is our calling, We dare not be idle.The saddle is in place,And Jesus is bridle.”

“His changes are true, And oh for a reason.His work is eternal, And arrives in due season.”

“For joy alone, Carries a fountain of youth.Laughter's music, Will wrinkle smooth.- Poem Fountain of Youth”