I think very often problems are so big, people approach problems from the bottom up: ‘If only I do this little bit, then hopefully there will be some sort of snowball effect that will be bigger and bigger.’ I’m much more in favor of the top-down approach to problem-solving. Boyan Slat Read Quote
I would never be able to work on a photo-sharing app or ‘Internet startup XYZ.’ Boyan Slat Read Quote
Planning is extremely important, but at some point you have to go out and do it. Boyan Slat Read Quote
The reason why the Wright brothers were successful wasn’t because they had the most resources, but because they understood how invention works. You have to iterate quickly, and you should be prepared to fail. Because things often don’t go as planned. Boyan Slat Read Quote
We’re starting with the North Pacific gyre simply because it is the largest accumulation of plastic. Boyan Slat Read Quote
When I started there was this consensus that you could never clean this up, that the problem is way too big, the ocean is way too rough, the issue of bycatch – ‘plastic is too big, plastic is too small.’ Boyan Slat Read Quote
