Peter Van Greenaway > Quotes

“We are bombarded with the pellmell religious convictions of footballers, pop-singers, actors playing new parts for old money, politicians and the rest, moral perverts all, masquerading as mixed up souls who get the message in time.”
― Peter Van Greenaway, Medusa Touch

“Learn this moral: first establish your right to the good things of this world, grab the biggest share of prosperity possible less ten per cent for charity, then mouth pious nothings into a microphone in the comfort of your town or country house.”
― Peter Van Greenaway, Medusa Touch

“The psychiatrist’s self-important claim that he holds the key to a balanced life should be regarded with the same suspicion as the faith of a clergyman who believes he holds the key to heaven.”
― Peter Van Greenaway, Medusa Touch