I always say Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is my biggest influence. But for painters, I like many, many painters, but I love Francis Bacon… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
You need contrast and conflict in order to tell a story. Stories need to have dark and light, turmoil, all those things.… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
I didn't know anything about film when I first started - I was a painter - but I [always] felt that sound… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
Directors who have inspired me include Billy Wilder, Federico Fellini, lngmar Bergman, John Ford, Orson Welles, Werner Herzog, Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock,… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
A lot of painters listen to music, I think, while they paint. But I hate to do that. It's a horror. I… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
As a kid, I was always building things. My father had a shop in the house, and we built things - we… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I supported myself by delivering the 'Wall Street Journal' and doing odd jobs. I love plumbing and carpentry. — David Lynch Copy Share Image
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 Image
I like to remember things my own way. How I remembered them, not necessarily the way they happened. — David Lynch Copy Share Image
“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 Image
![“I didn't know anything about film when I first started - I was a painter - but I [always] felt that sound was just as important as the picture. The sound, picture, and ideas have to marry. If an idea carries with it a mood, sound is critical to making that mood.” quote by David Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e87/david-lynch-911_carrie_i-didn-t-know-anything-about-film-when-i_868750.jpg)
