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 world is a beautiful and terrible place.
I like to make films that are like a mirror.
There's a certain kind of joy in the darkness.
I believe in the power of intuition.
The world is a canvas, and we are all artists.
I like to make films that are like a dream.
There's a certain kind of peace in the unknown.
I think that's what creativity is, it's a way of exploring the unknown.
The world is a mystery, and we are all trying to solve it.
I like to make films that are like a journey into the subconscious.
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.
The artist is a vessel through which ideas come.
I look at the world and I see absurdity all around me. I look at the world and I see a lot of beauty.
We all want expanded consciousness and bliss.
Meditation is a way to quiet the mind so you can hear the voice of your intuition.
The more you know about something, the less you understand.
I love the unknown. I love the mystery.
Life is a mystery to be lived, not a problem to be solved.
Every human being has a deep and unidentified longing for something more.
The greatest enemy of creativity is fear.
Contemporaries of David Lynch
Other Film & Theaters born within 50 years of David Lynch (1946).