Nikola Tesla

I admired the works of artists, but to my mind, they were only shadows and semblances. The inventor, I thought, gives to the world creations which are palpable, which live and work.

Nikola Tesla

I am even grateful to Einstein and others because through their erroneous theories they lead mankind away from that dangerous path I followed.

Nikola Tesla

I am unwilling to accord to some small−minded and jealous individuals the satisfaction of having thwarted my efforts. These men are to me nothing more than microbes of a nasty disease.

Nikola Tesla

I come from a very wiry and long-lived race. Some of my ancestors have been centenarians, and one of them lived 129 years. I am determined to keep up the record and please myself with prospects of great promise. Then again, nature has given me a vivid imagination.

Nikola Tesla

I do not think you can name many great inventions that have been made by married men.

Nikola Tesla

I have always been ahead of my time.

Nikola Tesla

I have harnessed the cosmic rays and caused them to operate a motive device.

Nikola Tesla

I myself eschew all stimulants. I also practically abstain from meat.

Nikola Tesla

I predict that very shortly the old-fashioned incandescent lamp, having a filament heated to brightness by the passage of electric current through it, will entirely disappear.

Nikola Tesla

If Mr. Edison had thought smarter he wouldn’t sweat as much.

Nikola Tesla