QuoteProject
I like things that go into hidden, mysterious places, places I want to explore that are very disturbing. In that disturbing thing, there is sometimes tremendous poetry and truth.
David Lynch
ShareWTF𝕏

Interpretation

What this quote means

The quote expresses the idea that exploring the dark and mysterious aspects of life can reveal profound beauty and truth.

David Lynch suggests that there is value in delving into the hidden and unsettling facets of existence. He implies that even in disturbing experiences or places, one can uncover deep poetry and essential truths that resonate on a profound level. This exploration encourages a deeper understanding of the human experience and the complexities of art and life.

Themes

ArtMysteryExplorationTruthDisturbing

In practice

Example use cases

During a film discussion, I would use this quote to emphasize the importance of exploring deeper themes.

More from David Lynch

Transcendental meditation is like a car, a vehicle that allows you to go within. It's a mental technique.
David LynchRead
You don't need a special place to meditate. You can transcend anywhere in the world. The unified field is here, and there, and everywhere.
David LynchRead
There's a safety in thinking in a diner. You can have your coffee or your milkshake, and you can go off into strange dark areas, and always come back to the safety of the diner.
David LynchRead
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 LynchRead
Television provides the opportunity for an ongoing story - the opportunity to meld the cast and the characters and a world, and to spend more time there.
David LynchRead
In today’s world of fear and uncertainty, every child should have one class period a day to dive within himself and experience the field of silence - bliss - the enormous reservoir of energy and intelligence that is deep within all of us. This is the way to save the coming generation.
David LynchRead

Similar quotes

To work magic is to weave the unseen forces into form; to soar beyond sight; to explore the uncharted dream realm of the hidden reality; to infuse life with color, motion and strange scents that intoxicate; to leap beyond imagination into that space between the worlds where fantasy becomes real; to be at once animal and god. Magic is...the ultimate adventure.
StarhawkRead
Art is what you can get away with.
Andy WarholRead
Poetry is the deification of reality.
Edith SitwellRead
To call Clive Barker a 'horror novelist' would be like calling the Beatles a 'garage band'... He is the great imaginer of our time. He knows not only our greatest fears, but also what delights us, what turns us on, and what is truly holy in the world. Haunting, bizarre, beautiful.
Quentin TarantinoRead
Thanks to art, instead of seeing one world only, our own, we see that world multiply itself and we have at our disposal as many worlds as there are original artists, worlds more different one from the other than those which revolve in infinite space, worlds which, centuries after the extinction of the fire from which their light first emanated, whether it is called Rembrandt or Vermeer, send us still each one its special radiance.
Marcel ProustRead
The poet makes silk dresses out of worms.
Wallace StevensRead

A little wisdom, now and then

Subscribe for the occasional hand-picked quote. No noise.