Art is meant to divide, because if it doesn’t divide, it doesn’t penetrate, and if it doesn’t penetrate, you just consume it.
— Nicolas Winding Refn on the mixed reaction to Only God Forgives. (x)

"If we did all the things we were capable of doing, We would literally astound ourselves." -Thomas Edison "Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly." -Kafka "We don’t make movies to make money.
We make money to make more movies." -Walt Disney "In the beginning, the Universe was created. This made a lot of people angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move." -Douglas Adams "Movies are my religion and God is my patron. I’m lucky enough to be in the position where I don’t make movies to pay for my pool. When I make a movie, I want it to be everything to me; like I would die for it."— Quentin Tarantino