Peter Greenaway: Quotes about books

Peter Greenaway is British film director. Explore interesting quotes on books.
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“Prospero has always felt most at ease in a study, surrounded by books.”

Peter Greenaway

Prospero's Books

“All this takes many clumsy and inexact word-descriptions to describe, but if we read paintings like we read books, it would not be such a hidden language for painting can effortlessly produce such elegant solutions.”

Peter Greenaway

Fear of Drowning By Numbers

“The book to end all books. The final book. After this, there is no more writing, no more publishing.”

Peter Greenaway

From the thirteenth book, "The Book of the Dead"
The Pillow Book

“It is Vesalius' Anatomy of Birth -- a book of drawings and diagrams of human anatomy. Beautiful drawings but -- as the pages turn -- terrible in their frankness…”

Peter Greenaway

Prospero's Books

“Too late. Too late to retreat. Your heart is open. The book has got you. Your body is wide open. This rat of a book has invaded your privacy, worried its feeling into your entrails by every private passage.”

Peter Greenaway

From the eighth book, "The Book of the Seducer"
The Pillow Book

“This is a book and a body that is so warm to the touch. My touch.”

Peter Greenaway

From the sixth book, "The Book of the Lover"
The Pillow Book

“I've just been reading -- stuff to make your hair curl -- you go in that toilet -- that's the sort of stuff people read -- not this sort of thing -- don't you feel out of touch? Does this stuff make money? I bet you're the only person to have read this book -- but I bet you every man in this restaurant has had a read of that stuff in there… makes you think, doesn't it?”

Peter Greenaway

Albert
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover

“What is your favorite book?”

Peter Greenaway

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover

“What good are all these books to you? You can't eat them! How can they make you happy?”

Peter Greenaway

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover

“Only from bad books.”

Peter Greenaway

Georgina and Michael
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover