Nicolas Winding Refn Quotes

I care about being creative and expressing myself.

The poet reminds men of their uniqueness and it is not necessary to possess the ultimate definition of this uniqueness. Even to speculate is a gain.

I have learned so much about myself. I have re-discovered that little boy who had the hunger to create, which I think I had lost.

Life is the most versatile thing under the sun; and in the pursuit of life and character the author who works in a groove works in blinkers.

I'll never be August Wilson - but what I can be is more of myself.

The dream is to keep surprising yourself, never mind the audience.

I don't feel I have to be Jackson Browne. Still, I like to say something.

Creativity is narcissism. Creativity is falling in love with one's self as you create. It's self-indulgent.

One of the most important reasons for living is to do something - live outside of yourself and put together an idea, an idea that you want to explore and then complete... Awaken your creative sensitivities!

The individual - man as a man, man as a brain, if you like - interests me more than what he makes because I've noticed that most artists only repeat themselves.

My personality doesn't interest me.

To create something you must be something.

I love how people in this business push themselves to know themselves, the world, and their creativity better.

You need a strong sense of 'otherness' to be able to create in your life.

Part of the very impulse of writing for me is actually wanting to get away from myself.

I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.

The story of 'Lasers' is my story. I didn't have to look too far to get subject matter for this record; it was stuff that was happening to me.

It's a very hard thing for all of us to accept ourselves at all the different stages - the horrible side, the wonderful side, the adorable side - and who you are as a grownup. And then to bring what you learned as a child to that grownup: that is the magic of creativity.

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

The new idea for me now is creativity. I like to express myself.

I am a writer. I suppose I think that the highest gift that man has is art, and I am audacious enough to think of myself as an artist - that there is both joy and beauty and illumination and communion between people to be achieved through the dissection of personality.

Honestly, without art and dance, I think I would be a very safe, black-and-white thinker. I wouldn't dare to take any risks or see so much of the world in myself and other people!

I have been inspired by countless artists over the years, but there's also times when you just gotta make your own inspiration.

'Shortcomings' was me figuring out who I am.

The better you understand yourself the less cause you will find to love yourself.