Quotes by David Lynch

About David Lynch:

David Keith Lynch is an American director, screenwriter, visual artist, musician, actor, and author. Known for his surrealist films, he has developed a unique cinematic style. The surreal and, in many cases, violent elements contained within his films have been known to "disturb, offend or mystify" audiences.
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I love super crispy, almost burned, snapping-crispy bacon.

David Lynch

I like watercolours. I like acrylic paint... a little bit. I like house paint. I like oil-based paint, and I love oil paint. I love the smell of turpentine and I like that world of oil paint very, very, very much.

David Lynch

I always say Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is my biggest influence. But for painters, I like many, many painters, but I love Francis Bacon the most, and Edward Hopper.

David Lynch

The greatest thing my father left me was a love for cutting wood - my love for sawing, especially pine wood.

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I love music, of course, and many, many, many genres. There are hardly any songs I would say that I hate. There's a couple, and I don't even know exactly why I don't like them.

David Lynch

A lot of music doesn't do one thing or another. It just doesn't do anything. Then there are those pieces of music that thrill your soul. It's such a wide range, and it's really interesting that we all love different things.

David Lynch

I like cappuccino, actually. But even a bad cup of coffee is better than no coffee at all.

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The concept of absurdity is something I'm attracted to.

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My cow is not pretty, but it is pretty to me.

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This whole world is wild at heart and weird on top.

David Lynch

It makes me uncomfortable to talk about meanings and things. It's better not to know so much about what things mean. Because the meaning, it's a very personal thing, and the meaning for me is different than the meaning for somebody else.

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Everyone is on the internet but they're not all talking with each other. There are groups upon groups out there, but they don't talk to one another. So while the internet brings everyone into a shared space, it does not necessarily bring them togethe...

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I discovered that if one looks a little closer at this beautiful world, there are always red ants underneath.

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Cinema is a medium that can translate ideas.

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The ideas dictate everything, you have to be true to that or you're dead.

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I think that ideas exist outside of ourselves. I think somewhere, we're all connected off in some very abstract land. But somewhere between there and here ideas exist.

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I don't like Thomas Edison. I'm a fan of Nicolai Tesla.

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If you stay true to your ideas, film-making becomes an inside-out, honest kind of process.

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I believe in creative control. No matter what anyone makes, they should have control over it.

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Every viewer is going to get a different thing. That's the thing about painting, photography, cinema.

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Negativity is the enemy of creativity.

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Author Bio

  • NameDavid Lynch
  • DescriptionAmerican filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor
  • AliasesDavid Keith Lynch
  • BornJanuary 20, 1946
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Director; Actor; Screenwriter; Composer; Voice Actor; Musician; Animator; Painter
  • AwardsOfficer Of The Legion Of Honour;