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> [When you look at the humanitarian issues - poverty, education, rights, violence - I think there are positive trends. But when you look at climate change, at plastic pollution and other forms of pollution, at overconsumption, it's a different story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/when-you-look-at-the-humanitarian-issues-poverty-education-rights/)

[Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/)

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## More by Boyan Slat

> [Musk is very inspiring to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/musk-is-very-inspiring-to-me/)

[Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/)

> [I think humanity can do more than one thing at the same time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/i-think-humanity-can-do-more-than-one-thing-at-the-same-time/)

[Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/)

> [Whenever you start working on something, you have to go about it with the underlying assumption that this puzzle has a solution, right? If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/whenever-you-start-working-on-something-you-have-to-go-about-it-with/)

[Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/)

> [For 60 years man has been putting plastic into the ocean. And from that day onward we're also taking it back out again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/for-60-years-man-has-been-putting-plastic-into-the-ocean-and-from/)

[Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/)

> [We started solely concentrating on cleaning up the Garbage Patch because we felt it was the most neglected part of the spectrum of solutions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/we-started-solely-concentrating-on-cleaning-up-the-garbage-patch/)

[Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/)

> [We use a curtain, so we don't use a net, so there's nothing sea life can get entangled with. And also, the system moves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/we-use-a-curtain-so-we-don-t-use-a-net-so-there-s-nothing-sea-life/)

[Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/)

> [When ideas are confronted with reality, there will always be surprises.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/when-ideas-are-confronted-with-reality-there-will-always-be-surprises/)

[Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/)

> [When I started there was this consensus that you could never clean this up, that the problem is way too big, the ocean is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/when-i-started-there-was-this-consensus-that-you-could-never-clean/)

[Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/)

> [I think people overestimate the risk of high-risk projects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/i-think-people-overestimate-the-risk-of-high-risk-projects/)

[Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/)

> [The legacy, the waste, is mostly in international waters that are sort of in no man's land and thus considered to be no one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/the-legacy-the-waste-is-mostly-in-international-waters-that-are-sort/)

[Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/)

> [I do enjoy being at the ocean, like most people, but not so much being on the ocean.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/i-do-enjoy-being-at-the-ocean-like-most-people-but-not-so-much-being/)

[Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/)

> [It's important to stay humble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/it-s-important-to-stay-humble/)

[Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/)

> [It's never really fun to be in the public spotlight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/it-s-never-really-fun-to-be-in-the-public-spotlight/)

[Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/)

> [I would never be able to work on a photo-sharing app or 'Internet startup XYZ.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/i-would-never-be-able-to-work-on-a-photo-sharing-app-or-internet/)

[Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/look-at-climate-change-that-s-a-bigger-problem-than-plastic-but-we/)

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