Nelly Ben Hayoun quotes
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“The biggest misconception usually is to assume that I am a scientist and that I work for scientists. I work for the public to access the surreal and fantastical in science.”
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“Critical design aims to really push the boundaries of design and to reconsider the element of fiction.”
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“I believe that, by taking an extreme approach, you really get the public to actively engage with a cause or a research ,and that is what motivates me with space exploration.”
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“I got frustrated with films like "Armageddon" and "Deep Impact," where the only answer to deal with a Near-Earth Object is basically Bruce Willis with a big drill.”
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“I make films but I am trained as a designer. I come from this series of designers called critical designers, speculative designers.”
-- Nelly Ben Hayoun
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Source : Meeting with European legislators, June 11, 000.
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“Nobody can assume that, to a writer, everything is off-limits.”
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Source : "Why Alastair Reynolds Doesn’t Do Star Trek Physics". "Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy" with John Joseph Adams, David Barr Kirtley, www.wired.com. September 5, 2012.
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“You achieve the surreal jokes through the realism by making it elastic.”
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“Sandra Kasturi's magical poems transform the ordinary into the surreal and exotic.”
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