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Quote by Peter Greenaway
I was always disappointed that paintings didn’t have soundtracks.
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The speaker wishes paintings could include sound as well as images. “Soundtracks” suggests music or other audio that would accompany the visual scene, as it does in film. The disappointment comes from painting’s silence: its visual experience cannot directly provide the listening element the speaker imagines alongside it.
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- BAFTA — A Life in Pictures: Peter Greenaway
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