David Lynch
Surreal dream-weaver of Blue Velvet, Lynch's enigmas offered quotable subconscious riddles.
Most quoted
"Ideas are like fish. If you want to catch little fish, you can stay in the shallow water. But if you want to catch the big fish, you've got to go deeper. Down deep, the fish are more powerful and more pure. They're huge and abstract. And beautiful."
— from Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity, 2006
"Ideas are like fish. If you want to catch little fish, you can stay in the shallow water. But if you want to catch the big fish, you’ve got to go deeper."
— from Book, 2006
"Film is a language. It's like a new language, and you can say things in film that you can't say in words."
— from Interview, 1990
All quotes by David Lynch (101)
The past is never dead. It's not even past.
I think cinema is a beautiful art form.
There's a certain kind of freedom in not knowing.
I like to create worlds that are a little bit off-kilter.
The world is a strange and beautiful place.
I believe in the power of dreams.
There's a mystery to everything.
I like to explore the dark side of human nature.
The truth is out there.
I like to make films that are like puzzles.
There's a certain kind of beauty in the grotesque.
I think art should be disturbing.
The world is a stage, and we are all actors.
I like to make films that are open to interpretation.
There's a certain kind of madness in the world, and I try to capture it.
I believe in the power of the subconscious.
The world is a dream, and we are all dreaming it.
I like to make films that are like a journey.
There's a certain kind of sadness in the world, and I try to capture it.
I think that's what life is, it's a series of mysteries.
Contemporaries of David Lynch
Other Film & Theaters born within 50 years of David Lynch (1946).