“An artist makes a painting, and nobody bugs him or her about it. It's ...” — David Lynch Quote

“An artist makes a painting, and nobody bugs him or her about it. It's just you and your painting. To me, that's the way it should be with film as well.”

“Francis Bacon is one of my giant inspirations. I just love him to pieces.”

“The greatest thing my father left me was a love for cutting wood - my love for sawing, especially pine wood.”

“When I left school, I wanted to be an artist, specifically a painter.”

“No matter what kind of artist you are, you like good music.”

“What does the artist do? He draws connections. He ties the invisible threads between things. He dives into history, be it the history of mankind, the geological history of the Earth or the beginning and end of the manifest cosmos.”