Friedrich Nietzsche
(1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
“The eye which turns from a white object in the light of the sun and goes into a less fully lighted place will see everything as dark.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), I Prolegomena and General Introduction to the Book on Painting
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Nick Land
(1962) British philosopher
Source: The Thirst for Annihilation: Georges Bataille and Virulent Nihilism (1992), Chapter 2: "The curse of the sun", p. 20
“To see a candle’s light, one must take it into a dark place.”
Ursula K. Le Guin
(1929–2018) American writer
Source: Earthsea Books, The Farthest Shore (1972), Chapter 9, "Orm Embar" (Sparrowhawk)
David Lynch
(1946) American filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor
On the Alex Jones Radio show, as quoted in "David Lynch Questions 9/11 On National U.S. Radio" in Prison Planet (25 January 2007)
Source: Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity
Context: There's so many problems in our world, so much negativity. Don't worry about the darkness — turn on the light and the darkness automatically goes. Ramp up the light of unity within — help do that for yourself, help do that for the world and then we're really doing something, we're doing something that brings that light of unity.
Vitruvius
book
De architectura
Source: De architectura (The Ten Books On Architecture) (~ 15BC), Book I, Chapter II, Sec. 7
“It is not the light which is defective, it is an eye to see it.”
Norman MacLeod (1812–1872)
(1812–1872) Scottish clergyman and author (1812–1872)
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 266.
Context: My faith is, that there is a greater amount of revelation given to guide each man by the principles laid down in the Bible, by conscience, and by providence, than most men are aware of. It is not the light which is defective, it is an eye to see it.
“The clearsighted eye turns the light back
to see its own Original Nature…”
Frederick Franck
(1909–2006) Dutch painter
Source: Echoes from the Bottomless Well (1985), p. 38