“I think it was because [Nikola] Tesla and [Leon] Theremin were part of what made up the movie, The Day the Earth Stood Still. Klaatu was actually a European among the Americans. And so the person who wrote the story said that Klaatu came from Europa, the fourth moon of Jupiter, which is now being investigated for life. There's water and ice on it and that kind of stuff.” ThinkingKindPersonsMadeSaidStillsStoriesEarthStuffWaterMoonIceFourthJupiterTeslaLeon Author:Paul Laffoley
“Both [Nikola] Tesla and [Leon] Theremin were preternaturally young. I mean, for a long time Tesla was a young man well into his 70s. And so was Theremin, even though, at the end, he looked pretty old. But he was still doing things that young guys do, beyond the time you'd normally think people should be doing that stuff.” PeopleThinkingMenShouldWellsMeanLongStillsEndsYoungGuyStuffLong TimeYoung ManTeslaYoung GuysLeon Author:Paul Laffoley
“[Nikola Tesla and Leon Theremin] were European gentlemen, very well-mannered, all of the stuff you associate with living in Europe.” WellsStuffEuropeGentlemanAssociatesTeslaLeonWell Mannered Author:Paul Laffoley
“I began to analyze the movie [The Day the Earth Stood Still] and said it was really made out of these two characters [Nikola Tesla and Leon Teremin] who were brought together. That made it fascinating to me. And especially the language they made up, that Klaatu speaks. Because it has a Latin word order. It's like medieval Latin, but it had some Navajo phonemes in it and that kind of stuff.” KindMadeSaidStillsTwoCharacterEarthTogetherOrderSpeakLanguageStuffMade ItFascinatingLatinMedievalTeslaLeon Author:Paul Laffoley
“[Nikola Tesla] would do it through lucid dreaming. He would, in a sense, dream up the engine, forget about it, come back, and then discover where it was wearing. You know, where the parts were wearing out. Now, that's inner visualization and a half! And that was the secret of why he did so many inventions.” KnowsDreamForgetSecretHalfInventionEnginesVisualizationLucid DreamingTesla Author:Paul Laffoley
“I think [Nikola Tesla] was always like that. And so it was inevitable that he would be an inventor. Because it was so easy for him to think fourth-dimensionally, dynamically. It wasn't just a static thing with him. In other words, it isn't the way an architect thinks, which is essentially static.” ThinkingWayWould BeEasyInevitableArchitectFourthInventorStaticTesla Author:Paul Laffoley
“[Nikola Tesla] was thinking of parts actually moving, like exchanging positions in space through time. This would go over here, then that would go over there, and then something else would happen.” ThinkingHappensMovingSpacePositionRough TimesExchangingTesla Author:Paul Laffoley
“[Nikola Tesla] said he had no interest in the spiritual. He didn't believe in telepathy, didn't believe in any of that stuff, didn't believe in any religion, and he just thought all these people were being superstitious and wanted them to go away. And in that way he was very close to H.P. Lovecraft, who was almost a believing atheist.” PeopleWayBelieveSaidWantedSpiritualStuffInterestAtheistGoing AwaySuperstitiousTelepathyTeslaLovecraft Author:Paul Laffoley
