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I am certain that there are two things in life which are dependable: the delights of the flesh and the delights of literature. I have had the good fortune to enjoy them both equally.
Peter Greenaway
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Peter Greenaway
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: April 5
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Works of art are never finished, just stopped.
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Since Caesar, we know his historians are liars. The good writers get read. Bad history doesn't get read.
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We all know that we're going to die, but we don't know when. That's not a blessing, that's a curse.
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The Sistine Chapel is an extraordinary work of education - it lays out all the early books of the Bible.
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