I don't think that people accept the fact that life doesn't make sense. I think it makes people terribly uncomfortable. It seems like religion and myth were invented against that, trying to make sense out of it.

— David Lynch

If we didn't want to upset anyone, we would make films about sewing, but even that could be dangerous. But I think finally, in a film, it is how the balance is and the feelings are. But I think there has to be those contrasts and strong things within a film for the total experience.

— David Lynch

I hate slick and pretty things. I prefer mistakes and accidents. Which is why I like things like cuts and bruises - they're like little flowers. I've always said that if you have a name for something, like 'cut' or 'bruise,' people will automatically be disturbed by it. But when you see the same thing in nature, and you don't know what it is, it can be very beautiful.

— David Lynch

I look at the world and I see absurdity all around me. People do strange things constantly, to the point that, for the most part, we manage not to see it.

— David Lynch

I love Bob Dylan. Who doesn't? He tapped into some kind of vein, and it keeps on keeping on. There's nobody like him. He's unique, and just... way out cool.

— David Lynch

I love Christmas tree bulbs, and I started putting them in my paintings. You've got to plug this painting in, and it's got a rig in the back, so that each one can be replaced if it burns out.

— David Lynch

I love going into another world, and I love mysteries. So I don't really like to know very much ahead of time. I like the feeling of discovery.

— David Lynch

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

— David Lynch

Intuition is the key to everything, in painting, filmmaking, business - everything. I think you could have an intellectual ability, but if you can sharpen your intuition, which they say is emotion and intellect joining together, then a knowingness occurs.

— David Lynch

I quit smoking in December. I’m really depressed about it. Furthermore, I love smoking, I love fire, I miss lighting cigarettes. Furthermore, I like the whole thing about it, to me, it turns into the artist’s life, and now people like Bloomberg have made animals out of smokers, and they think that if they stop smoking everyone will live forever.

— David Lynch