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Trevor Paglen Quotes

I pretty much made a conscious decision to make projects a lot of people can relate to.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: artist
Nationality: american
Birth: 1974

Topics

Decision People Pretty Made Much

Climbing's always been a massive hobby of mine up until, kind of, recent times when I've had family, but no, it's been a driving passion in my life, and, uh, I've always wanted to climb the Matterhorn. It was the mountain that, sort of, inspired me to climb, as a youngster.

Life Family Passion Mountain Climb

J.J. Abrams is an all-time hero of mine, really lovely to be working with him.

Hero Him Lovely Working Mine Really

Imagine if you put many, many years of your life into something and were passionate about it, and you spent every waking moment putting love into it and trying to make it better, and people didn't understand that. You'd want them to.

Travis Kalanick

Life Love Moment People Better You

Mostly I listen to old-time music, some bluegrass, some Americana stuff, too many to name. But of the younger acts, there are The Freight Hoppers, who were big in the '90s, and The Foghorn Stringband from Oregon, and there's a lot of young string bands coming up now, basically punkers who play acoustic instruments forming new bands.

Music Name Play New Young Now

We are reminded repeatedly, often by older men, that western civilization has died on the altar of social media.

Men Social Media Media Civilization

Picture being forced to talk endlessly about your feelings and listen and care when what you needed was just to get something done.

Care Picture You Feelings Done Talk

If you're lucky enough to have 70 years of literate adulthood, and if you read one book every week, you're still only going to get to 3,640 books.

Book Enough Week You Lucky Years

I try not to invent; I try simply to translate the weird language of the natural world. And I'm not into absolute ownership of things.

World Language Weird Ownership Try

Klopp gave me strength of character and helped me progress. He's a charismatic person, and I have a lot of respect for this man.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Strength Character Respect Progress

But to personally satisfy my own adrenalin needs, I've been racing cars a little bit, which has been fun.

Car Fun Racing My Own Little Own

I don't think I'm a very good businessman. I act too much with my heart.

Good Heart Think Too Much Act Much

I'm not much involved in sports, and I don't play, either.

Sports Play Involved Either Much

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