Peter Greenaway Quotes

Maybe I'm too selfish to just be a producer. Also, I feel like I have something to say that's interesting or unique.

Create something for yourself that you feel proud of, that you are in control of, that gives you a better understanding of the type of artist you want to be.

My goal has always been to just be a person who makes great art.

The rule I stand by as an artist is definitely be yourself, and don't make music just for other people: make it for you first.

All any artist can do is please themselves.

Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system.

This image of wanting to be an artist - that I would in some way become an artist -was very strong. I knew for a long, long time that that's what I would be. But nothing I ever did seemed to bring me any nearer to the condition of being an artist. And I didn't know how to do it.

It's a great challenge and a wonderful journey how to figure out how to be an artist and to carve my way.

Living creatively is really important to maintain throughout your life. And living creatively doesn't mean only artistic creativity, although that's part of it. It means being yourself, not just complying with the wishes of other people.

I think this, I think basically I'm not interested in people following my work or making work like my work.

If I don't create, I don't exist.

I think that anyone who is in any way creative or is creating something, whether an architect or fashion designer, I think if you have the opportunity to create something that is fully you, it frees your mind and your spirit and gives you the opportunity to really find yourself.

I knew I had more in me than just standing up and having my picture taken... Being in the studio, I have to have an opinion.

At a certain point, you have to decide whether you'd be satisfied always acknowledging the beauty and the greatness of what other people create or if you want to be in the same arena.

I think everyone needs to feel they've created something that was their own, on their own terms.

I brought my personality to HQ. I injected my DNA into this thing. They gave me a blank slate to work with.

As an artist, I often wonder what my purpose is or why I do what I do.

I seem to have been possessed by a mind of my own and I did not merely want to be a pop product, but I wanted to be an artist which was always my ambition.

Some musicians feel they have to provide what their audiences expect. They lose the distinction between an artist and an entertainer. I am not an entertainer.

I feel like the point of being an artist is to have your own voice: to do it the way you would do it and not the way anyone else would do it. If you're a strong enough writer, then that voice is going to come out all the time, and I can't stop it from coming out, no matter what I do.

One of the most important reasons for living is to do something - live outside of yourself and put together an idea, an idea that you want to explore and then complete... Awaken your creative sensitivities!

I guess I created LeRoy Neiman. Nobody else told me how to do it. Well, I'm a believer in the theory that the artist is as important as his work.

My act is based on my life.

What drives me is to still feel creative and like I'm pushing myself as an artist.

I just see myself as a guy who's trying to make a film or, make art.