I am a child of cinema, and I am a cineaste, so everything I do is a reference … - Nicolas Winding Refn

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor.

Nicolas Winding Refn

I am a child of cinema, and I am a cineaste, so everything I do is a reference to something I've heard or experienced or seen. And we all do it, we all steal. The ones who claim they don't, are obviously lying, because you do. You just have to make it your own.

Children, Cinema, Lying, Seen

Same Author Quotes

Like all art forms, film is a media as powerful as weapons of mass destruction; the only difference is that war destroys and film inspires.

Art, Film, Inspirational, Inspires, Mass, Powerful

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

Falling In Love, Fall, Creativity, Falling, Self

I love fear, and fear breeds creativity. It forces you to react instinctively, which is the essence of movement. Movement is a creativity - a sense of an emotional movement. And the more instinctual you can make that, the more pleasurable it is. It's like an infant drawing. You're completely uninhibited because creativity is a wonderful expression. Good or bad, who cares? That's part of the past. The act of creativity is what's interesting.

Creativity, Past, Emotional, Infant, Fear, Uninhibited

I feel that silence is the greatest word, ever. When you don't talk, people begin to read things into you or you become what they long for. When you don't talk, you almost become the mirror image of the other person.

Greatest, Long, Mirrors, People, Silence, Talk

Cinema is mass media, it is both overtly gross and exciting. It is our great mirror of society.

Cinema, Gross, Media, Mirrors, Society