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77 Interesting Quotes By Adam Savage

Famous As: Industrial designer
Born On: 1967
Born In: New York City
Age: 57 Years

Noted for Discovery Channel’s television shows ‘MythBusters’ and ‘Unchained Reaction’, Adam Whitney Savage is a renowned American actor, educator, television celebrity, industrial designer and special effect fabricator. Savage appeared in prominent roles in blockbusters such as Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and ‘The Matrix Reloaded’. Originally, a member of the skeptic community, Savage played key role as an animator and special effect designer in movies such as Galaxy Quest, Bicentennial Man, Space Cowboys and many more. Savage also made occasional television appearances in other shows such as Curiosity and Diggnation. He previously worked as a professor at Academy of Art University in San Francisco in the department of Industrial Design. He is also an editor and contributor at Tested.com. His thoughts and sayings highlight the importance of science, data, analysis, conceptualization, knowledge, ideas, innovation, creativity etc. Here are some of the quotes from this living legend of special effects and design.

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I reject your reality and substitute my own.

I reject your reality and substitute my own.

Adam Savage
Being a geek is all about learning the inventories of things.

Being a geek is all about learning the inventories of things.

Adam Savage
Failure is always an option.

Failure is always an option.

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We are always works in progress. You will hurt people you love, and help people you detest. This is called being a human and it happens to everyone.

We are always works in progress. You will hurt people you love, and help people you detest. This is called being a human and it happens to everyone.

Adam Savage
If I had any dignity, that would have been humiliating.

If I had any dignity, that would have been humiliating.

Adam Savage
Don't work for fools. It's not worth it. Getting paid less to work for people you like and believe in is much better for you (and your career) in the long run.

Don't work for fools. It's not worth it. Getting paid less to work for people you like and believe in is much better for you (and your career) in the long run.

Adam Savage

I have concluded through careful empirical analysis and much thought that somebody is looking out for me, keeping track of what I think about things, forgiving me when I do less than I ought. Giving me strength to shoot for more than I think I’m capable of. I believe they know everything that I do and think, and they still love me, and I’ve concluded, after careful consideration, that this person keeping score is me

Adam Savage
The coolest toys don't have to be bought; they can be built. In fact, sometimes the only way they'll ever exist is if you make them yourself.

The coolest toys don't have to be bought; they can be built. In fact, sometimes the only way they'll ever exist is if you make them yourself.

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It's sort of a mental attitude about critical thinking and curiosity. It's about mindset of looking at the world in a playful and curious and creative way.

It's sort of a mental attitude about critical thinking and curiosity. It's about mindset of looking at the world in a playful and curious and creative way.

Adam Savage
I like to work fast. I despise not having the right tool or, worse, knowing I have it but not being able to find it. It's a pointless delay that wrecks my pace - and mood.

I like to work fast. I despise not having the right tool or, worse, knowing I have it but not being able to find it. It's a pointless delay that wrecks my pace - and mood.

Adam Savage
In the spirit of science, there really is no such thing as a 'failed experiment.' Any test that yields valid data is a valid test.

In the spirit of science, there really is no such thing as a 'failed experiment.' Any test that yields valid data is a valid test.

Adam Savage
I learned at an early age that I could make the things that I wanted. That's a very powerful thing to realize as a kid. LEGOs were a key part of that.

I learned at an early age that I could make the things that I wanted. That's a very powerful thing to realize as a kid. LEGOs were a key part of that.

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I find that your basic Internet chat board is way too vitriolic for my taste.

I find that your basic Internet chat board is way too vitriolic for my taste.

Adam Savage
Deadlines refine the mind. They remove variables like exotic materials and processes that take too long. The closer the deadline, the more likely you'll start thinking waaay outside the box.

Deadlines refine the mind. They remove variables like exotic materials and processes that take too long. The closer the deadline, the more likely you'll start thinking waaay outside the box.

Adam Savage
Sometimes my brain writes a check that reality can't cash.

Sometimes my brain writes a check that reality can't cash.

Adam Savage
I think one of the defining moments of adulthood is the realization that nobody's going to take care of you. That you have to do the heavy lifting while you're here. And when you don't, well, you suffer the consequences.

I think one of the defining moments of adulthood is the realization that nobody's going to take care of you. That you have to do the heavy lifting while you're here. And when you don't, well, you suffer the consequences.

Adam Savage

I'm always going to be making costumes. It's one of the ways I relax my brain. In addition to the pleasure of having the piece, there is a deep and abiding pleasure for me assembling something in my head - learning to know something in its totality in my head, and then putting together all the constituent parts into a cohesive whole.

Adam Savage
The only thing that differentiates you and me from a couple of fourteen year old pyromaniacs is balistic glass!

The only thing that differentiates you and me from a couple of fourteen year old pyromaniacs is balistic glass!

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There's this group online that I frequent. It's a group of prop crazies just like me called the Replica Props Forum, and it's people who trade, make and travel in information about movie props.

There's this group online that I frequent. It's a group of prop crazies just like me called the Replica Props Forum, and it's people who trade, make and travel in information about movie props.

Adam Savage
I have some ideas on how to fix that. They're not very good ideas, but at least they're ideas!

I have some ideas on how to fix that. They're not very good ideas, but at least they're ideas!

Adam Savage
Am I about to feel really, really stupid?

Am I about to feel really, really stupid?

Adam Savage
We don't necessarily stand by our faults every time, but we will always stand by our methodologies and ethos.

We don't necessarily stand by our faults every time, but we will always stand by our methodologies and ethos.

Adam Savage
I've learned over decades of building that a deadline is a potent tool for problem-solving.

I've learned over decades of building that a deadline is a potent tool for problem-solving.

Adam Savage

From earliest times, humans - explorers and thinkers - have wanted to figure out the shape of their world. Forever, the way we've done that is through storytelling. It is difficult to let the truth get in the way of a good story.

Adam Savage
Stand back! I gotta get some rocket fuel out of the fridge!

Stand back! I gotta get some rocket fuel out of the fridge!

Adam Savage
That's our job - to strap rockets onto everything.

That's our job - to strap rockets onto everything.

Adam Savage

I'm not a sculptor; I'm a hard-edged model maker. You give me a drawing, you give me a prop to replicate, you give me a crane, scaffolding, parts from 'Star Wars' - especially parts from 'Star Wars' - I can do this stuff all day long. It's exactly how I made my living for 15 years.

Adam Savage
I would have to say that looked like it hurt.

I would have to say that looked like it hurt.

Adam Savage
I believe that inside every tool is a hammer.

I believe that inside every tool is a hammer.

Adam Savage

I think at this point, there's a certain bizarre chemistry between Jamie [Hyneman] and I that we can't ignore a lot of the mechanics of, that we're quite aware of. Half of it is absolutely genuine, and half of it is us playing around with that fact.

Adam Savage