{"author":"Nuno Roque","author_id":"Nuno+Roque","total_quotes":28,"quotes":[{"text":"A red nose is the clown's mask and my moustache is mine.","author":"Nuno Roque","tags":["art","artist","artistic-expression","artistry","artists","artists","clown","clown","clowns","mask","masks","moustache","moustaches","mustache","mustaches","theatre"],"id":35033,"author_id":"Nuno+Roque"},{"text":"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.","author":"Nuno Roque","tags":["art","artist","artist","artistic-expression","artistry","artists","artists","common-culture","contemporary-art","iconography","imagery","polyglots","polyglottery","pop","pop-art","pop-culture","popular-culture","universal-language"],"id":63019,"author_id":"Nuno+Roque"},{"text":"I had artistic classical training, and when you learn the classics for so many years, you might gain audacity, power and confidence to subvert everything. I am like the originals buffoons. I love the rules because I can break them.","author":"Nuno Roque","tags":["art","artistic-expression","artistry","artists","artists-life","artists","audacity","breaking-rules","breaking-the-rules","buffon","buffoon","buffoonery","buffoons","classical-education","confidence","confidence-and-attitude","confidence","confident","rules","subversion","subversive"],"id":76455,"author_id":"Nuno+Roque"},{"text":"I love to laugh. Specially at myself. Sometimes I spend hours doing it.","author":"Nuno Roque","tags":["funny","funny","humor","humorous","laughing","laughter","laughter-is-the-best-medicine","laughter","self-awareness"],"id":142871,"author_id":"Nuno+Roque"},{"text":"The first rule on breaking a rule is to know everything about the rule.","author":"Nuno Roque","tags":["breaking-free","breaking-the-rules","rule","rules","rules-to-live-by"],"id":169825,"author_id":"Nuno+Roque"},{"text":"Fascinated by the great symbols of the collective history, I use them as an alphabet to communicate.","author":"Nuno Roque","tags":["alphabet","artist","artistic","artistic-endeavor","artistic-expression","artistic-process","artistic-vision","artistry","artists","artists-life","artists","arts","collective","communication","communication","contemporary-art","history","iconic-imagery","iconicimagery","iconography","symbolic","symbolism","symbols"],"id":180384,"author_id":"Nuno+Roque"},{"text":"I love the idea of reincarnation, so just in case it doesn't exist, I decided to be different people in the same lifetime.","author":"Nuno Roque","tags":["actor-acting","actor","actors","art","artist","artists-life","artists","bipolar","esotericism","identity","identity-character","multiple-personalities","multiple-personality","multiple-personality-disorder","reincarnation","reincarnation"],"id":230812,"author_id":"Nuno+Roque"},{"text":"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.","author":"Nuno Roque","tags":["artist","artists-life","artists","breaking-the-rules","fiction","fiction-vs-reality","fictional-character","fictions","reality","reality","relativism","rules"],"id":238107,"author_id":"Nuno+Roque"},{"text":"Nothing I do is natural, realistic, organic or accidental. I'm never spontaneous, I'm completely premeditated.","author":"Nuno Roque","tags":["accidental","artist","artistic-endeavor","artistic-expression","artistry","artists","artists-life","artists","behind-the-scenes","dissimulation","naturalism","organic","premeditated","premeditation","preparation","preparations","prepared","prepared-mind","realism","rehearsal","rehearsed","self-awareness","self-motivation","self-realization","spontaneity","spontaneous","work-ethic","work-hard","work"],"id":254087,"author_id":"Nuno+Roque"},{"text":"I have a transgressive spirit, and Pop is transgression's best friend.","author":"Nuno Roque","tags":["artist","artistic-endeavor","artistic-expression","artistic-vision","artistry","artists","artists-life","artists","best-friend","best-friend","best-friends","contemporary-art","pop","pop-art","pop-culture","pop-music","popular-culture","rebel","rebelling","rebellion","rebellious","rebelliousness","spirit","transgression","transgressions","transgressive"],"id":261201,"author_id":"Nuno+Roque"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":28,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}