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“I don't have to go very far to see the power of beauty. Being desired, feeling desired is a very seductive aspect of our being.”

Quote by Nicolas Winding Refn

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Nicolas Winding Refn

Nicolas Winding Refn is a renowned Danish film director born on September 29, 1970. His works are known for their unique visual style and profound narrative techniques, with notable films including 'Drive' and 'Only God Forgives'. more

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“There's incredible effect in being either loved or hated, but knowing that, either way, you have penetrated the mind and have altered it; that is a very pleasurable feeling.”

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“In the end, self-indulgence is very much about your ego and your vanity and your own id. The more you can indulge in it, the more pleasurable it becomes. And then when it feeds out, it's able to penetrate the mind and create a reaction.”

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“I also believe on a practical level, if you're taking time away from people, besides entertaining them, I think it's important that there's something to react to.”

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“Reaction is what changes your understanding of the world.”

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“Good and bad, what's good and bad? I don't know.”

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“How can creativity be bad? You can have, "I liked it" or "I didn't like it," but, in the end, it's an individual experience. How can you even begin to define that? I find that sometimes extremely arrogant and counter-productive.”

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“I think that experiencing through art is a wonderful way to expand the horizon and everything around it.”

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“The world needs change, change needs an activity. It has to be planted by a thought.”

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“The power of art is as powerful as weapons of mass destruction; it's just where war destroys, art inspires. But in order to inspire, you need to react to it. And, if it doesn't penetrate your mind, you can't react to it.”

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“We live in a society right now which is the last phase of the ecosystem in terms of the old entertainment value, or the old entertainment construction, which is we've gone down to this instant gratification, instant numbers, instant understanding, instant. But it's like the exact - it has perfected itself to the instant click, when, in a way, creativity originates as a much more complex beast. So we now have to reinvent a new canvas where we can indulge in it. And that's where the digital revolution creates a whole new ecosystem of entertainment.”