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

— Nuno Roque

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

— Nuno Roque

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

— Nuno Roque

For me, every week is a fashion week.

— Nuno Roque

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

— Nuno Roque

I can certainly identify with The Villain. A Villain is someone who has a past, who is strongly opinionated, fearless, doesn't get intimated by anything, and went beyond suffering. It's an empowerment figure.

— Nuno Roque

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. Furthermore, I love the rules because I can break them.

— Nuno Roque

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.

— Nuno Roque

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

— Nuno Roque

I love the idea of reincarnation, so just in case it doesn't exist, I decided to be different people in the same lifetime.

— Nuno Roque