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.
ADAM SAVAGENearly every one of these – from R2D2 to Hellboy’s revolver – ends with the paint job. And it’s not just cosmetic.
More Adam Savage Quotes
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When I finally got up to Industrial Light And Magic to work on the ‘Star Wars’ movies as a model-maker, it felt like dying and going to heaven.
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I felt like I had kind of played it out, and I wanted to see what was next, and then came Mythbusters.
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It’s about mindset of looking at the world in a playful and curious and creative way.
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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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Gravity. It’s not just a good idea; it’s the law!
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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 reject your reality and substitute my own.
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I am incrementally a pessimist, but I see the international debate that Edward Snowden has engendered, and I think this is exactly where the discussion should be. So, I would say I’m more optimistic than pessimistic.
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I have some ideas on how to fix that.
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I’ve paid attention. I’ve pictured what I want to happen in my life.
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These are people from everywhere, from Lawrence Livermore and JPL and Sandia National Labs, the FBI, all over the place, real scientists who see what we’re doing, and they consistently thank us.
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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.
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Giving me strength to shoot for more than I think I’m capable of.
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Well, that was kind of fun, wasn’t it? I mean, I don’t see where this could go, because we pretty much did everything. But it was fun.”
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And also making them for myself, obtaining them, appreciating them and diving into them.
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