77 Interesting Quotes By Adam Savage
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.
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
Being a geek is all about learning the inventories of things.
Failure is always an option.
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.
If I had any dignity, that would have been humiliating.
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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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 find that your basic Internet chat board is way too vitriolic for my taste.
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.
Sometimes my brain writes a check that reality can't cash.
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'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.
The only thing that differentiates you and me from a couple of fourteen year old pyromaniacs is balistic glass!
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.
I have some ideas on how to fix that. They're not very good ideas, but at least they're ideas!
Am I about to feel really, really stupid?
We don't necessarily stand by our faults every time, but we will always stand by our methodologies and ethos.
I've learned over decades of building that a deadline is a potent tool for problem-solving.
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.
Stand back! I gotta get some rocket fuel out of the fridge!
That's our job - to strap rockets onto everything.
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.
I would have to say that looked like it hurt.
I believe that inside every tool is a hammer.
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.
