79 Quotes by Boyan Slat

Look at climate change. That's a bigger problem than plastic, but we can't all focus on that and forget about plastic - that isn't how the world works. We can divide our attention across different things, using clean-up to strengthen prevention.

I tell my team you have to aim for success, but assume failure.

I am not a man of the sea.

It's in my nature that when people say something is impossible I like to prove them wrong.

I envisioned an extremely long network of floating barriers - they're like curtains floating in the ocean which are attached to the seabed. So what happens is that the current comes around and plastic gets pushed towards these barriers. And because it's in a V-shape, the plastic gets push towards the center.

I think, in reality, opinions don't matter that much.

Really, the ocean itself - that's really the thing that we're up against, the most destructive environment on the planet.

I do enjoy being at the ocean, like most people, but not so much being on the ocean.

When you walk, your brain is working better. More blood flow.