Nuno Roque Quotes

Fascinated by the great symbols of the collective history, I use them as an alphabet to communicate.

The first rule on breaking a rule is to know everything about the rule.

I'm a Joker. Dangerous and silly at the same time.

My only career goal is to be an halloween icon.

What I wear on and off stage is my mask. You see, a mask doesn't hide you, it exposes you.

When I was young and I was forced to watch Disney films, I would fast forward the good guys, wasn't interested in princes and princesses, only by the villains.

I love to laugh. Specially at myself. Sometimes I spend hours doing it.

Nothing I do is natural, realistic, organic or accidental. I'm never spontaneous, I'm completely premeditated.

I might act like a rhinoceros, but I'm a unicorn.

I have a transgressive spirit, and Pop is transgression's best friend.

I have a tendency to break rules and shake things up. I would say that with me people never know what is real and what is fiction. And I like that because reality is relative.

All my images are self-portraits, even when I'm not in them.

Realism is criminal.

A red nose is the clown's mask and my moustache is mine.

France, stop throwing awards at me! I have so many already, give them to people who need them.

My childhood was a drag show!

For me, every week is a fashion week.

I'm a Baroque person. More than Baroque, I'm a Rococo person. I don't draw straight lines.

I love the idea of reincarnation, so just in case it doesn't exist, I decided to be different people in the same lifetime.

I'm like a circus standing on two legs.

Sometimes people are shocked by what I do, but I'm not trying to be liked, I speak my mind and I don't care what people think. I truly do not compromise on who I am.

Pop is about speaking everybody's language. The imagery and iconography we instantly recognize. When you can rely on things that the public already knows, you're dealing with Pop.