There are things known and there are things unknown and in between are the doors.

The aphorism frames knowledge as a binary—what is established versus what remains beyond comprehension—while emphasizing the transitional space between them. “Doors” suggests thresholds: moments of inquiry, imagination, art, or altered consciousness that allow movement from certainty into discovery. The image also implies agency and risk: a door can be opened, but crossing it changes the traveler, and what lies beyond may be unsettling. In Morrison’s artistic mythology (and The Doors’ very name), the door is both invitation and ordeal, aligning creativity and self-exploration with stepping into ambiguity. The quote’s power lies in making the in-between—not the endpoints—the site where meaning and transformation occur.

1) “There are things known and things unknown; and in between are the doors.”
2) “There are things known, and things unknown, and in between are The Doors.”