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91 quotes by David Lynch

David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is an American film director, television director, visual artist, musician, actor, and author. Known for his surrealist films, he has developed a unique cinematic style. The surreal and, in many cases, violent elements contained within his films have been known to "disturb, offend or mystify" audiences. Born to a middle-class family in Missoula, Montana, Lynch spent his childhood traveling around the...
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To me, a story can be both concrete and abstract, or a concrete story can hold abstractions. And abstractions are things that really can't be... →

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Life is very, very complicated, and so films should be allowed to be, too.

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

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Every viewer is going to get a different thing. That's the thing about painting, photography, cinema.

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A film - especially when it's a personal film - is going to hit somebody or it's not. There's nothing you can do about it.

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Humor is very interesting to me. My films are not comedies, but there's comedy in them from time to time, absurdities, just like in real life.

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Sometimes I get an idea for cinema. And when you get an idea that you fall in love with, this is a glorious day.

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The ideas dictate everything, you have to be true to that or you're dead.

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In Hollywood, more often than not, they're making more kind of traditional films, stories that are understood by people. And the entire story is... →

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I don't like Thomas Edison. I'm a fan of Nicolai Tesla.

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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.

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I like things to be orderly.

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There are only 24 hours in a day, and my top priority is working on my films, but I love short film experiments.

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