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)
Bliss is the goal.
The night is full of mysteries.
We all have darkness inside us.
Ideas come from the subconscious.
I believe in the power of ideas.
Art should disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed.
The mind is a universe.
I like to paint and draw.
Humor is a way to deal with the absurd.
Transcendence is possible for everyone.
The creative process is a journey into the unknown.
Life is a dream, and dreams are real.
I find beauty in the ordinary.
Silence speaks volumes.
The artist must follow their intuition.
We are all connected in the mystery.
Fear is the mind-killer.
I love the sound of rain.
Creativity is a divine gift.
The world is full of wonders.
Contemporaries of David Lynch
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