Art Quote by Trevor Paglen

“Seeing various aspects of the secret state and surveillance state echoes a long tradition in art of looking at the sublime.” quote by Trevor Paglen — Download Open image

“Seeing various aspects of the secret state and surveillance state echoes a long tradition in art of looking at the sublime.”

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I believe that art can make relevant and progressive contributions to culture and society.

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Photography has become so fundamental to the way we see that 'photography' and 'seeing' are becoming more and more synonymous. The ubiquity of photography…

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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…

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Civilian law around aviation is much looser than those governing military. Civilian planes can basically fly wherever they want in the world.

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I think the automation of vision is a much bigger deal than the invention of perspective.

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Many of the things that shape the way the world looks are, quite frankly, invisible.

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Geosynchronous spacecraft will be among civilization's most enduring remnants, quietly circling Earth until the Earth is no more.

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Traditionally, images have functioned as representations of something in the world, but we are quickly approaching the point where vast majority of images are…

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Images can make realities out of people and struggles - the reality we give them. Images really matter.

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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.

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Anything humans can do in space, robots can do better.

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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.…

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