When we look up into the starry night sky, we tend to see reflections of ourselves. — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
When we look at something that is alien to us, that is beyond our comprehension, what do we see but ourselves? — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
I think that some of the earliest ideas in the modern period were actually from astronomy. You look at Galileo: He goes… — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
What would the infrastructure of the Internet look like if mass surveillance wasn't its business model? — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
When you look at the number of satellites, what they're doing and what they represent, it is really a vision of trying… — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
If we look in the right places at the right times, we can begin to glimpse America's vast intelligence infrastructure. — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
I think that one of the most important things that art can do is give you a reason to look at something,… — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
I believe that art can make relevant and progressive contributions to culture and society. — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
Photography has become so fundamental to the way we see that 'photography' and 'seeing' are becoming more and more synonymous. The ubiquity of photography… — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
I'm pretty cynical about the future, but I feel like that's not an ethical position for me to take. It's not okay for me… — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
Civilian law around aviation is much looser than those governing military. Civilian planes can basically fly wherever they want in the world. — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
I think the automation of vision is a much bigger deal than the invention of perspective. — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
Many of the things that shape the way the world looks are, quite frankly, invisible. — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
Geosynchronous spacecraft will be among civilization's most enduring remnants, quietly circling Earth until the Earth is no more. — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
Traditionally, images have functioned as representations of something in the world, but we are quickly approaching the point where vast majority of images are… — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
Images can make realities out of people and struggles - the reality we give them. Images really matter. — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
It's productive and fun to try interpreting cave paintings, but ultimately, they can't teach us anything beyond what we imagine them to be. — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
Before Christianity became the Roman Empire's official religion in the 4th Century, 'mystery religions,' organized around a central canon of secret knowledge, were widespread.… — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
