94 Quotes by Jane Campion

"To deny women directors, as I suspect is happening in the States, is to deny the feminine vision."

"Tragedy makes you grow up."

"There was a big drive when I was at art school to make you aware of the economy of meaning - after all, this was still during the tail end of minimalism. Being responsible for everything you put in your picture, and being able to defend it. Keeping everything clear around you so you know what is operating. To open the wound and keep it clean."

"With 'Bright Star' and with 'The Piano,' too, I felt a kind of sadness about it being in such a different era, because of my lack of experience with the era. And one of the ways I'd get over it is to remind myself that every film, even if it's contemporary, creates its own world."

"And, I mean, I think poetry does need to be met to some extent, especially, I guess, 19th century poetry, and for me, it's just been so worth the effort. It's like I'm planting a garden in my head."

"'The Piano' ended up on television. Everything ends up there anyway."

"Actual violence has no attraction for me at all."

"But I think it's quite clear in my work that my orientation isn't political or doesn't come out of modern politics."

"I have to admit that I had a lot of problems with poetry."

"I think I made good movies."