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Trevor Paglen Quotes - Page 2 of 3

I think that one of the most important things that art can do is give you a reason to look at something, almost give you permission to look at something.
Trevor Paglen / Artist
Important Things

Permission
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When you look at the number of satellites, what they're doing and what they represent, it is really a vision of trying to have the world in your clutches.
Trevor Paglen / Artist
Clutch

Satellites
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I really don't think art is good at answering questions. It's much better at posing questions - and even better at simply asking people to open their eyes.
Trevor Paglen / Artist
Posing

Answering
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In the traditional academic literature, secrecy is thought of as a set of bureaucratic operations - hiding files and hiding information, that sort of thing.
Trevor Paglen / Artist
Academic

Files

Hiding

Information

Literature

Operations

Secrecy

Traditional

Bureaucratic

Set
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We humans have always looked to the sky as a sounding board for asking big questions about ourselves: Who are we? Where did we come from? Where are we going?
Trevor Paglen / Artist
Big Questions

Humans

Sky

Board

Looked
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Much of the way we understand the world is through images. That's what I think good art does - it teaches you how to see the historical moment that you live in.
Trevor Paglen / Artist
Good Art

Art Good Moment

Images

Teaches
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