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Creativity Quotes by David Lynch

37 Creativity quotes by David Lynch

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David Lynch reminds us that every person carries an ocean of creativity inside, waiting to be explored. He says intuition guides art and life, accidents can spark fresh ideas, and a negative mindset blocks the flow of imagination. He also notes that understanding conflict is okay, but we don't have to stay stuck in it.

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“You can understand conflict, but you don'thave to live in it.”

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Everybody's got creativity. You just get more of it [when you meditate].

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Negativity is the enemy of creativity.

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There is an ocean of creativity within every human being.

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

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

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I find the joy of the 'doing' increases. Creativity increases. Intuition increases. The pleasure of life grows. And negativity recedes.

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It's so freeing, it's beautiful in a way, to have a great failure, there's nowhere to go but up.

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Everybody's got creativity. Dive within to the ocean of infinite creativity.

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The big treasury is an ocean of infinite creativity. It's a creativity that creates everything that is a thing - it's mighty…

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“Intuition is seeing the solution…its emotion and intellect going together.”

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I believe in creative control. No matter what anyone makes, they should have control over it.

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I'm lost in a transition. The old is dead, and I don't know what the new is. The only way to find…

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Intuition is the key to everything, in painting, filmmaking, business - everything. I think you could have an intellectual ability, but if…

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I started Transcendental Meditation in 1973 and have not missed a single meditation ever since. Twice a day, every day. It has…

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My mother refused to give me coloring books as a child. She probably saved me, Because when you think about it, what…

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I like things that go into hidden, mysterious places, places I want to explore that are very disturbing. In that disturbing thing,…

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Someday, hopefully very soon, 'diving within' as a preparation for learning and as a tool for developing the creative potential of the…

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You've got to let accidents and strange things happen - let it work, so it's got an organic sort of quality ...…

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But if you can expand that consciousness, make it grow, then when you read about that book, you'll have more understanding; when…

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When we transcend we are diving into a field of unbounded creativity. This is real creativity and when we experience that and…

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Transcendental meditation is an ancient mental technique that allows any human being to dive within, transcend and experience the source of everything.…

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Tied to consciousness are all positive qualities, so that ocean within is an ocean of unbounded intelligence, unbounded creativity, unbounded happiness, unbounded…

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Forget being the best of anything. That's the fruit of the action, and you do the work -they say- for the doing,…

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Transcending gives a human being a chance to think before acting. And experiencing this beautiful treasury within gets rid of torment and…

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Being in darkness and confusion is interesting to me. But behind it you can rise out of that and see things the…

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There is this unbounded, infinite, eternal, level, ocean, within every human being. Inner happiness comes with consciousness, bliss, intelligence comes with it.…

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I learned that just beneath the surface there's another world, and still different worlds as you dig deeper. I knew it as…

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“Inside every human being is an ocean of pure, vibrant consciousness. When you “transcend” in Transcendental Meditation, you dive down into that…

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

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Every single person has within an ocean of pure vibrant consciousness. Every single human being can experience that - infinite intelligence, infinite…

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Negativity is the enemy of creativity. For instance if you're filled with depression, you can hardly even get out of bed, let…

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We all have at least two sides. The world we live in is a world of opposites. And the trick is to…

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I look at the world and I see absurdity all around me. People do strange things constantly, to the point that, for…

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I thought when I started meditation that I was going to get real calm and peaceful and it's going to be over.…

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I was creative before I started meditating, but I had, looking back, a weakness. I wasn't self-assured. I had a little bit…

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I love child things because there's so much mystery when you're a child. When you're a child, something as simple as a…

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