And we both appreciate that the quickest and the dirtiest solution is usually the most elegant, the least expensive, and the fastest.
ADAM SAVAGEWe didn’t set out to be educators or even scientists, and we don’t purport that what we do is real science but we’re demonstrating a methodology by which one can engage and satisfy your curiosity.
More Adam Savage Quotes
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Of course, I love tools. I also love arranging them, to the point where I came up with a name for my organizing metric: first-order retrievability.
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I’m obsessed with the form of a toolbox.
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It’s a pointless delay that wrecks my pace – and mood.
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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.
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The paint literally tells a story: what this thing is made of, where it’s been, what it’s been used for, and for how long.
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It’s a treat to see the sun rise over the desert. What am I saying? It’s a treat to fire off a rocket car over the desert!
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Mostly I make lists for projects. This can be daunting.
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The closer the deadline, the more likely you’ll start thinking waaay outside the box.
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I think the whole thing that Jamie [Hyneman] and I have in working together is that we are constantly simplifying each other’s designs,
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Half of it is absolutely genuine, and half of it is us playing around with that fact.
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And also making them for myself, obtaining them, appreciating them and diving into them.
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These objects were sometimes just 12 inches across yet needed enough detail to fill a movie screen.
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Audiences of critical thinkers are my favorite kinds of audiences.
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In addition to the pleasure of having the piece, there is a deep and abiding pleasure for me assembling something in my head
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I just had one of those ‘what the hell are we doing’ moments.
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