« Being in darkness and confusion is interesting to me. But behind it you can rise out of that and see things the way the really are. That there is some sort of truth to the whole thing, if you could just get to that point where you could see it, and live it, and feel it … I think it is a long, long, way off. In the meantime there’s suffering and darkness and confusion and absurdities, and it’s people kind of going in circles. It’s fantastic. It’s like a strange carnival: it’s a lot of fun, but it’s a lot of pain. » David Lynch
« I learned that just beneath the surface there’s another world, and still different worlds as you dig deeper. I knew it as a kid, but I couldn’t find the proof. It was just a kind of feeling. There is goodness in blue skies and flowers, but another force—a wild pain and decay—also accompanies everything. » David Lynch
« Dark deep darkness and splendor all around. It was in the roots and under and a tree came out and then a house with stars above—inside the house a man with eyes to see and long arms reaching he saw the splendor all around and reaching out into the deep darkness he saw himself. » David Lynch, Dark Deep Darkness, 2009