Every viewer is going to get a different thing. That's the thing about painting, photography, cinema. — David Lynch Copy Share Image
An artist makes a painting, and nobody bugs him or her about it. It's just you and your painting. To me, that's… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
Digital video is so beautiful. It's lightweight, modern, and it's only getting better. It's put film into the La Brea Tar Pits. — David Lynch Copy Share Image
Most of Hollywood is about making money - and I love money, but I don't make the films thinking about money... — David Lynch Copy Share Image
It's important that a film is loud and I hope many people agree. You should be inside of a film when you… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
If we didn't want to upset anyone, we would make films about sewing, but even that could be dangerous. But I think… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
My movies are film-paintings - moving portraits captured on celluloid. I'll layer that with sound to create a unique mood -- like… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
I think part of the reason ideas haven't come in is that the world of cinema is changing so drastically, and in… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
Cinema is a medium that can translate ideas. But wood can translate ideas, too. You have wood and then you get a… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
During the course of a day, some dark feeling comes, maybe some sadness comes, some thrill, some great happiness, some strange humor.… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
It's a simple thing he [Frank Daniel] taught me. If you want to make a feature film, you get ideas for 70… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
In film, life-and-death struggles make you sit up, lean forward a little bit. They amplify things happening, in smaller ways, in all… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
People say my films are dark. But like lightness, darkness stems from a reflection of the world. The thing is, I get… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
See, a painting is much cheaper than making a film. And photography is, you know, way cheap. So if I get an… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
Film noir has a mood that everyone can feel. It’s people in trouble, at night, with a little bit of wind and… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
The feature film has changed a lot. Art houses are gone and people show a certain type of cinema in the big… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, my ideas are not what you'd call commercial, and money really drives the boat these days. So I don't know what… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
I have a profound admiration for Fellini. I met him lately and he's just fantastic. I feel very close to him even… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
I like to make films because I like to go into another world. I like to get lost in another world. And… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
Script is not finished until it's finished. There's many times, partway through a film, when an idea comes, and I say, "How… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
I like L.A. because of the light. The light makes me feel so good. It's really beautiful. And there's something about L.A. being so… — David Lynch Copy Share
One change of attitude would change everything. If everyone realized that it could be a beautiful world and said, 'let's not do these things… — David Lynch Copy Share
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,… — David Lynch Copy Share
When you get an idea and you fall in love with it there's not a whole lot of choice. You're going down a street… — David Lynch Copy Share
Nowadays, people shoot digitally and it's all in color, but you press a button and it all goes to black and white. But it's… — David Lynch Copy Share
I supported myself by delivering the 'Wall Street Journal' and doing odd jobs. I love plumbing and carpentry. — David Lynch Copy Share
So much of what happened to me is good fortune. But I would say: Try to get a job that gives you some time;… — David Lynch Copy Share
I like to remember things my own way. How I remembered them, not necessarily the way they happened. — David Lynch Copy Share
“The idea tells you everything. Lots of times I get ideas, I fall in love with them. Those ones you fall in love with… — David Lynch Copy Share
When you have something that brings a real emotion, that's the power of cinema. — David Lynch Copy Share
If a human being is filled with happiness and positivity, this is what they radiate out into the world. We each affect our environment… — David Lynch Copy Share
I always loved smokestack industry, and I love towns or cities that have grown up around factories. — David Lynch Copy Share