Art Quote by David Lynch

The artist does not have to suffer to show suffering.

— David Lynch

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

— David Lynch

“Artists thrive on suffering.”

— Irving Stone

Suffering is the main condition of the artistic experience.

— Samuel Beckett

“Suffering is supposed to be the raw stuff of art.”

— Jay McInerney

Perhaps it is that great suffering is necessary to produce great art.

— Victor Banerjee

A filmmaker doesn't have to suffer to show suffering. You just have to understand it. You don't have to die to shoot a death…

— David Lynch

“Suffering can precipitate creativity, liberating the creator through inspiration and then many available channels of human communication, and therefore there is value in suffering.”

— Brent Green

Art is for the artist is only suffering through which he releases himself for further suffering.

— Franz Kafka

Pain is such an important thing in life. I think that as an artist you have to experience suffering.

— Naomi Watts

I once heard some idiot on the radio saying that all great art has suffering as its dominant theme, and that the greatest artists…

— Bart Yates

Out of suffering comes creativity. You cannot spell painting without pain.

— Anonymous