Artist Quotes by David Lynch

I don't know why people expect art to make sense. They accept the fact that life doesn't make sense.

— David Lynch

I always say that intuition is the number one tool for an artist.

— David Lynch

“If you want to get one hour of good painting in, you have to have four hours of uninterrupted time.”

— David Lynch

The artist does not have to suffer to show suffering.

— David Lynch

I like to feel like you can bite my paintings. Not to eat them, to hurt them. I like to feel like…

— David Lynch

The artist doesn't have to suffer to show suffering. Have it on the screen but have the people come out of the…

— David Lynch

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

A lot of artists think they want anger. But a real, strong, bitter anger occupies the mind, leaving no room for creativity.

— David Lynch

Somehow, the French got this idea of the starving artist. Very romantic, except it's not so romantic for the starving artist.

— David Lynch

I don't think it was pain that made [Vincent Van Gogh] great - I think his painting brought him whatever happiness he…

— David Lynch

Stories always have held conflicts and contrasts, highs and lows, life and death situations. And there can be much suffering in stories,…

— David Lynch

The business side of film has goofed up so many things, but even that's changing. It happened to the music industry and…

— David Lynch

“Right here people might bring up Vincent van Gogh as an example of a painter who did great work in spite of—or…

— David Lynch

“But if you know that you’ve got to be somewhere in half an hour, there’s no way you can achieve that. So…

— David Lynch

I love paint. I like watercolours. I like acrylic paint... a little bit. I like house paint. I like oil-based paint, and…

— David Lynch

I quit smoking in December. I’m really depressed about it. I love smoking, I love fire, I miss lighting cigarettes. I like…

— 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…

— David Lynch

They say that negative things like stress, anxiety, tension, sorrow, and depression "squeeze the tube" so ideas don't flow through it. But…

— David Lynch