I put one on the turntable and when the needle dropped, I was stunned - didn't know whether I was stoned or straight.
The most difficult secret for a man to keep is the opinion he has of himself.
Such is the life of a man. Moments of joy, obliterated by unforgettable sadness. There's no need to tell the children that.
One has to watch out for engineers. They begin with the sewing machine and end up with the atomic bomb.
I was terrified that the wild boar might be attacking my father, and so I prayed to God - if he existed - to protect him and to direct the boar against my uncle instead, who believed in heaven, and therefore was more willing to die.
I do not rush into constructive work. When I get an idea, I start right away to build it up in my mind. I change the structure, I make improvements, I experiment, I run the device in my mind. It is absolutely the same to me whether I operate my turbine in thought or test it actually in my shop. It makes no difference, the results are the same. In this way, you see, I can rapidly develop and perfect an invention, without touching anything.
Empathy takes time, and efficiency is for things, not people.
In every art we are always obliged to return to the accepted means of expression, the conventional language of the art. What is a black-and-white drawing but a convention to which the beholder has become so accustomed that with his mind's eye he sees a complete equivalent in the translation from nature?
What I don't know for sure is what's next for me - and I don't mind that. I know for sure that whatever happens will be interesting and will challenge and excite me.