I didn't really grow up listening to blues, because I grew up in the Northwest. It wasn't really the center for blues. David Lynch More Quotes by David Lynch More Quotes From David Lynch Tenderness can be just as abstract as insanity. David Lynch tenderness abstract insanity The side effect of expanding consciousness is that negativity starts to evaporate; it goes away like darkness when you turn on a light. David Lynch negativity light darkness We all have at least two sides. The world we live in is a world of opposites. And the trick is to reconcile those opposing things. I've always liked both sides. In order to appreciate one you have to know the other. The more darkness you can gather up, the more light you can see too. David Lynch creativity light order Tied to consciousness are all positive qualities, so that ocean within is an ocean of unbounded intelligence, unbounded creativity, unbounded happiness, unbounded love, unbounded energy, and unbounded peace. And when students start expanding consciousness in those positive qualities, their relationships improve, their grades go up, their happiness goes up, the fighting and bullying stops, and things get very, very, very good. David Lynch bullying creativity ocean Every time I hear sounds, I see pictures. Then, I start getting ideas. It just drives me crazy David Lynch crazy sound ideas I felt I should have been the happiest person in the world. But I looked inside, and that happiness was only on the surface, not so deep. Beneath it was hollow. Up until that time, I had been thinking meditation was a joke, a fad and a waste of time. David Lynch meditation should-have thinking Individual peace is the unit of world peace. David Lynch units individual world Mystery is the number one conjurer of ideas. David Lynch mystery numbers ideas Every viewer is going to get a different thing. That's the thing about painting, photography, cinema. David Lynch cinema different photography Most of Hollywood is about making money - and I love money, but I don't make the films thinking about money. David Lynch hollywood film thinking I'm not a musician, but I play music. So it's a strange thing. David Lynch musician strange play I have no problem getting financing. I have a problem catching ideas that I fall in love with for the next feature. David Lynch next falling-in-love ideas Music as background to me becomes like a mosquito, an insect. In the studio we have big speakers, and to me that's the way music should be listened to. When I listen to music, I want to just listen to music. David Lynch mosquitoes want way When you make your first film, it's really hard in some ways. You're just nowhere. But then you have something. If you have a success, then you might be looking to take a fall. If you had a fall, you get a certain kind of euphoria because you're not dead, so you can still do it again. It's about how you go through the processes. Do you enjoy that "doing"? Is it getting less fun or more fun? David Lynch kind fun fall 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 said so well with words. David Lynch abstract stories said 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 anymore - let's have fun.' David Lynch attitude fun beautiful 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 upset strong thinking True happiness is not out there. True happiness lies within. David Lynch transcendental-meditation true-happiness lying I like people who, you know, as you go along in life, you know, a thing happens, and people become a seeker. They look for something to give them the path to their full potential. I like them to know about transcendental mediation, but they've got to make up their own mind to take it and use it. David Lynch mind giving people The feature film has changed a lot. Art houses are gone and people show a certain type of cinema in the big theaters now that, you know, it's not quite really good for me, and if I made a feature film, I was think I'd play in LA and New York for a week, and then go right to television. David Lynch people art thinking
