“New York is a much younger city that drives culture. In Paris, older women drive the culture - really drive culture.” CultureCitiesNew YorkParisOlder Women Author:Sarah Lafleur
“My mother always says, "The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak." I can be very focused and determined. But, I can also be very stubborn. Be flexible be nuanced.” I CanMotherStrongerDeterminedFocusedStubbornFlexibleOaksBamboo Author:Sarah Lafleur
“Beauty is on one level pure surface, and on the other hand, it's the most complex subject that we can touch upon because it says everything about us as people. It's a subject we very quickly begin to argue about. I think that's so interesting.” PeopleThinkingHandsInterestingLevelsSubjectsPureComplexesSurfaceArguing Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“I woke up one day and I realized I wasn't born beautiful, but my wife was, so I decided to make a horror film about it: what it would be like to be born beautiful.” Would BeBeautifulFilmBornWifeHorrorOne DayDecidedMy WifeI RealizedHorror Film Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“We live in a beauty-obsessed culture, which on one hand is absolutely fabulous, but on the flip side, is also dangerously extreme.” HandsCultureSidesExtremesObsessedFabulousFlipAbsolutely Fabulous Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“The artificial world that we create through images will essentially become real.” WorldRealArtificial Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“The minute you celebrate narcissism, which on one hand is very complex, it's very ridiculous. You have to love oneself with humor.” HandsMinutesComplexesOneselfRidiculousCelebrateNarcissismLove Oneself Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“Ironically, even the fashion in New York or Paris or Milan or whatever, or music in Berlin, or art in, I don't know, Madrid - all these scenes come and go. Everything leads back to Hollywood.” KnowsArtFashionNew YorkSceneHollywoodParisComes And GoesBerlinMadridMilan Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“If the Wizard of Oz were real he would be in Hollywood.” IfsRealWould BeHollywoodWizards Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“I guess the first time I played around Washington, D.C. was at a place called The Famous. That was the first place I played, I believe.” FirstsBelieveI BelieveFirst Time Author:Ralph Stanley