Paul Virilio Quotes

The secret of war lies in the communications.

Secret operations are essential in war; upon them the army relies to make its every move.

Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

In order to win the war on terrorism, we have to win the war of information. Information is so very, very valuable. This is an important tool in gathering up information.

Communications without intelligence is noise. Intelligence without communications is irrelevant.

Illusions as bad as mine make people aware of the fallacies of visual information and the pleasure to be derived from such fallacies.

We know that Russia was involved in hacking our democracy. We know that the evidence or information is sufficient to warrant an FBI investigation of this. We are trying to do as much of this as we can in the public eye transparently. Obviously, some of it will have to be done in closed session.

It would be a great reform in politics if perception could be made to spread as easily and as rapidly as foolishness.

I hate giving away tricks, you have to create an impression and not an image. You want audiences to look at certain places and not look at other places. And when you've got the help of modern-day abilities with technology, it's a much more natural look.

What counts isn't being able to do a thing, it's seeing what it is. Seeing is the decisive act, and ultimately it places the maker and the viewer on the same level.

I don't trust American intelligence. You look at the torture report from the Senate: People inside the CIA are saying that it doesn't work, and we're getting the information not from torture, but simply from questioning people.

I favor an aggressive expansion of America's intelligence capabilities domestically and around the world.

We raise awareness and drop information about access and laws into pop culture spaces through making videos and through live events. That's like fifty percent of what we do.

The one great element in continuing the success of an offensive is maintaining the momentum. This was lost last fall when shortages caused by the limitation of port facilities made it impossible to get sufficient supplies to the armies when they approached the German border.

It's a lot easier to convince uninformed people than it is to convince politicians.

Sight is a faculty; seeing is an art.

Yet there is nothing more dangerous than to be premature in exploiting a change in perception.

The [Edward] Snowden disclosures created this perception that people's privacy was being put at significant risk.

The boundaries of design are the same as the problem of perception.

People talk of situations, read books, repeat quotations.

We show our support and love the troops, whatever our opinion.

Information wants to be free, because the cost of getting it out is getting lower and lower all the time.

Transmitting information is easier than creating understanding.

In a crisis the true facts are whatever other people say they are.

All journalists hope that their work will inspire a broader conversation. I think that's just what journalism is.