Quotes from Nuno Roque

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

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

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

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.

I'm like a circus standing on two legs.

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

For me, every week is a fashion week.

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

Realism is criminal.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

My childhood was a drag show!