Casey Neistat Quotes
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You never ‘make’ it. There is no end goal in life so you should enjoy the journey.
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I don't send and receive messages on Snapchat; I never have. Stories is the only feature I use. I think of them becoming a more dynamic social network, and I think it's great.
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The technical process which is interesting in it’s own right but I think the creative process is what’s more intriguing to me.
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I grew up in the Northeast; I've seen hurricanes before and trees down and cars destroyed.
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Almost everything looks the same at art fairs - very hygienic, very white, lots of right angles.
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I use iPod all the time, almost every day. It's great.
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I think I'm like that nerdy dad from middle school who always has a video camera, but in the same respect, I only take it out during interesting occasions.
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If I'm in the stands at a U2 concert watching Bono, how can I capture this moment without interrupting it and making it fake?
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If you’re fit now, take advantage of it. If you have a free hour, take advantage of it. If you have an idea now, take advantage of it. All those things are fleeting, and all those things are temporary.
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I always thought of myself as an amateur stunt man.
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Do more.
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Don’t try to fit in, you will be unhappy when you try to be something you are not.
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My brother Van got the computer first and showed me what it was like to edit video. I definitely credit Van with turning me onto filmmaking.
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Troubleshooting a wiring problem is a soul-killing experience.
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I don't keep an ongoing dribble of updates of my day, but I tell little compartmentalized stories every day on Snapchat. I use it much more like making a movie than maintaining a diary. When people watch my 60-second clips, there's a beginning, middle, and end.
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Inspiration is for amateurs, the rest of us just show up and work.
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I consider myself to be a very good skateboarder, but the difficulty when you're being pulled behind any car, when there's only a 20-ft. line, is that you can't see the potholes.
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When you are taught the right way to do something you are forced to forge your own path.
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I'm not able to make amazingly perfect, precious pieces of content, but I get to make awesome spontaneous content that's frequently ephemeral.
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There are always good reasons not to do things, but if you really believe that there’s something you have to do, the universe has a way of making it okay.
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Experience does for the soul, what education does for the mind.
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As a viewer, I care about people, I care about characters, I care about perspective.
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Ideas are cheap. Ideas are easy. Ideas are common. Everybody has ideas. Ideas are highly, highly overvalued. Execution is all that matters.
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I was always the guy who jumped off the roof of the garage, who could climb up the facade of a building.