"A lot of artists think they want anger. But a real, strong, bitter anger occupies the mind, leaving no room for creativity."
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Quotes by David Lynch
David Lynch, born on January 20, 1946, in Missoula, Montana, is a visionary filmmaker, painter, and musician renowned for his surreal storytelling and unique aesthetic. He gained fame with films like "Blue Velvet" and the cult classic "Mulholland Drive," which showcase his ability to explore the darker sides of human nature. Lynch's groundbreaking television series "Twin Peaks" redefined the genre, blending mystery with the bizarre. His work continues to inspire and challenge audiences, solidifying his legacy as a true innovator in contemporary art and cinema.
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"Intuition is the key to everything, in painting, filmmaking, business - everything. I think you could have an intellectual ability, but if you can sharpen your intuition, which they say is emotion and intellect joining together, then a knowingness occurs."
David Lynch"I don't remember my dreams too much. I hardly have ever gotten ideas from nighttime dreams. But I love daydreaming and dream logic and the way dreams go."
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"Happy accidents are real gifts, and they can open the door to a future that didn't even exist. It's kind of nice sometimes to set up something to encourage or allow happy accidents to happen."
David Lynch"The mantra that you're given in Transcendental Meditation you keep to yourself. The reason being, true happiness is not out there, true happiness lies within."
David Lynch"Life should be blissful, and blissful doesn't mean just a small happiness. It's huge. It is profound."
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"A poet could write volumes about diners, because they're so beautiful. They're brightly lit, with chrome and booths and Naugahyde and great waitresses. Now, it might not be so great in the health department, but I think diner food is really worth experiencing periodically."
David Lynch"Humor is very interesting to me. My films are not comedies, but there's comedy in them from time to time, absurdities, just like in real life."
David Lynch"Absurdity is what I like most in life, and there's humor in struggling in ignorance. If you saw a man repeatedly running into a wall until he was a bloody pulp, after a while it would make you laugh because it becomes absurd."
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"I don't think that people accept the fact that life doesn't make sense. I think it makes people terribly uncomfortable. It seems like religion and myth were invented against that, trying to make sense out of it."
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"Somehow, the French got this idea of the starving artist. Very romantic, except it's not so romantic for the starving artist."
David Lynch"Sex is a doorway to something so powerful and mystical, but movies usually depict it in a completely flat way."
David Lynch"The business side of film has goofed up so many things, but even that's changing. It happened to the music industry and now it's happening to the film studios. It's crazy what's going on. But artists should have control of their work; especially if, as I always say, you never turn down a good idea and never take a bad idea."
David Lynch"More and more people are seeing the films on computers - lousy sound, lousy picture - and they think they've seen the film, but they really haven't."
David Lynch"A filmmaker doesn't have to suffer to show suffering. You just have to understand it. You don't have to die to shoot a death scene."
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"Stories hold conflict and contrast, highs and lows, life and death, and the human struggle and all kinds of things."
David Lynch