A Quote by Peter Greenaway

We all live to a formula. Maybe the secret lies in keeping that formula secret. — © Peter Greenaway
We all live to a formula. Maybe the secret lies in keeping that formula secret.
We love Formula One and think Formula One's great. But we think Formula E is different. We would be making a big mistake if we tried to compete with Formula One and be similar to Formula One, we have to be radically different to Formula One to have a chance of survival. I don't mean survival by beating Formula One but co-existing complimentary to Formula One.
Not all lies are harmful. Sometimes we're willing participants in deception for the sake of social dignity, maybe to keep a secret that should be kept secret, secret. We say, 'Nice song.' 'Honey, you don't look fat in that, no.'
In the music industry, it's pretty easy to make an album just because you want to keep going, like, 'This is the formula.' But the formula is your life. You have to live your life and you have to live it well - that's the formula.
The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.
I think a lot of brands reach a point where they say, 'We kind of have a formula - we've got it made.' Our formula is there's no formula.
From a prestige standpoint, the U.S. needs to host Formula 1. And I think Formula 1, they know they need the U.S. as well. So many companies that are global are based in the United States support Formula 1.
Style has no formula, but it has a secret key. It is the extension of your personality.
There is no secret formula--only a life committed to a close walk with God.
Obviously, we're never going to say what the Krabby Patty secret formula is.
I know that a lot of people like to say "formula." I think that as soon as you start to have a formula imputed to your work, you're in danger of becoming formulaic. So the one formula I have as a rule is falling in love with the material.
There is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies.
Culturally, I think we have operated as if we had the formula figured out, and it was all about optimizing, in its various constituent parts, the formula. Now it is about discovering the new formula.
I have discovered the secret formula for a carefree old age: iycri = fi (if you can't recall it, forget it).
The secret formula of the saints: When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord's choicest wines.
I'm a great believer in chaos. I don't believe that you start with a formula and then you fulfill the formula. Chaos is a much better instigator, because we live in chaos - we don't live in a rigorous form.
Sometimes when we think we are keeping a secret, the secret is actually keeping us.
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