Nikola Tesla Quotes

“Niagara Falls Commission, which had been charged with developing a power plant that would harness the force of the falls. The commission had solicited and rejected proposals from around the world, reviewing schemes that ranged from using pneumatic pressure to constructing bizarre devices of”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“can connect dots, you need to have dots to connect. The more material you’re exposed to in the world, the more grist you’ll have for your imagination mill. Tesla fully immersed himself in the world of electricity. He read hundreds of books. He conducted thousands of experiments and took copious notes. The more varied your knowledge and experiences are, the more like”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“There’s a catch to “combinatorial creativity,” though. Before you can connect dots, you need to have dots to connect. The more material you’re exposed to in the world, the more grist you’ll have for your imagination mill. Tesla fully immersed himself in the world of electricity. He read hundreds of books. He conducted thousands of experiments and took copious notes. The more varied your knowledge and experiences are, the more lik”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“Well, as the preeminent mythologist Joseph Campbell said, deep down inside, we don’t seek the meaning of life, but the experience of being alive.”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“Allis Chalmers, an American manufacturing company, and the railway and lighting division of the Westinghouse Company contracted Tesla to build his flying machine, but the project never began for unknown reasons. After”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“The further you move toward greatness, the more greatness demands from you. But”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“When you start viewing creativity as a process of combination, and imagination as the ability to connect, stretch, and merge things in new ways, creative brilliance becomes less mystifying. A creative genius is just better at connecting the dots than others are. That’s”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“asked many people these questions and their answers are invariable. “Of course it would.” The cultural correlation is undeniable: we’ve been indoctrinated to believe that the higher the IQ, the more likely one is to succeed”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“Or, as Tesla put it, “A single ray of light from a distant star falling upon the eye of a tyrant in bygone times may have altered the course of his life, may have changed the destiny of nations, may have transformed the surface of the globe; so intricate, so inconceivably complex are the processes in Nature.” It”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“That’s why the coffee house in the Age of Enlightenment and the Parisian salons of modernism were such engines of creativity; they were spaces where many people from many different backgrounds and areas of expertise came to swap, join, and borrow many different ideas. Don’t”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“Like genius itself, creativity is a process, not a providence. The”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“Betrayed by men he trusted, Tesla found himself unemployed and in desperate need of work to survive.”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“A single ray of light from a distant star falling upon the eye of a tyrant in bygone times may have altered the course of his life, may have changed the destiny of nations, may have transformed the surface of the globe; so intricate, so inconceivably complex are the processes in Nature.”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“Westinghouse owed Tesla over $1 million in royalties, an amount that grew daily. When Westinghouse described to Tesla the desperate situation, Tesla replied with the following: “Mr. Westinghouse, you have been my friend, you believed in me when others had no faith; you were brave enough to go ahead when others lacked courage; you supported me when even your own engineers lacked vision. ... Here is your contract, and here is my contract. I will tear them both to pieces, and you will no longer have any troubles from my royalties.” In”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“In every field of human endeavor, the more visionary the work, the less likely it is to be quickly understood and embraced by lesser minds. For one reason or another, many people just “don’t get it.”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“Joseph Campbell said, deep down inside, we don’t seek the meaning of life, but the experience of being alive. And that’s what the nature of genius is ultimately about.”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“Many calls to adventure are puzzles waiting to be solved. Anyone can apply, but the price of admission is paid in imagination. As journeys unfold, new challenges arise and pressures mount. These successive tolls must too be paid in creativity and ingenuity, as they were by history’s most imaginative minds. The only way that Jason can claim his rightful place as ruler of Iolcus, Greece, is by retrieving the fabled Golden Fleece from distant lands. The problem? Everyone considers the task impossible, fraught with terrifying perils certain to kill any man. Jason isn’t so sure. He assembles a mighty team of warriors—the Argonauts—and builds the largest ship ever constructed. He then figures out how to successfully navigate the legendary maze of crushing rocks known as the Symplegades, yoke fire-breathing, bronze-hoofed oxen, trick a mighty army guarding the Fleece into ravaging itself to pieces, and drug a sleepless”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“calls to adventure are puzzles waiting to be solved. Anyone can apply, but the price of admission is paid in imagination. As journeys unfold, new challenges arise and pressures mount. These successive tolls must too be paid in creativity and ingenuity, as they were by history’s most imaginative minds. The only way that Jason can claim his rightful place as ruler of Iolcus, Greece, is by retrieving the fabled Golden Fleece from distant lands. The problem? Everyone considers the task impossible, fraught with terrifying perils certain to kill any man. Jason isn’t so sure. He assembles a mighty team of warriors—the Argonauts—and builds the largest ship ever constructed. He then figures out how to successfully navigate the legendary maze of crushing rocks known as the Symplegades, yoke fire-breathing, bronze-hoofed oxen, trick a mighty army guarding the Fleece into ravaging itself to pieces, and drug a sleepless dragon into its first slumber. Four months after departing, Jason”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“It was a dream project for Tesla, and Westinghouse was awarded the contract. Construction began immediately, and Tesla would oversee it. Progress was slow.”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“Marconi was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1911 for his “achievements” in radio, and was hailed as the “father of radio.” Tesla was infuriated and, in 1915, sued Marconi for infringement on his patents. He didn’t have the money to take on the flush Marconi, however, and the suit was dismissed.”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“He wirelessly lit over 200 lamps from a distance of over 25 miles, proving that electricity could be transmitted great distances through the air.”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“The announcement generated considerable controversy, and Tesla was widely criticized as a “mad scientist” whose sanity was slipping. Undaunted, he approached”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“The Westinghouse Corporation won a bid for illuminating the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, which was to be the first all-electric fair in history.”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“On the evening of May 1, 1893, over 27 million people anxiously awaited to see the future of electricity. When President Grover Cleveland pushed a button,”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“Tesla’s continued research in the field of ultra-high-frequency energy led him to conclude that it was only a matter of time until science would discover a veritable source of inexhaustible, free”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“Examples of such remarkable transformations abound throughout history. Henry Ford failed in business several times and was flat broke five times before he founded the Ford Motor Company.”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“Andrew Carnegie is thirteen years old and changing spools of thread in a cotton mill twelve hours per day, six days per week. Two years later, he gets a job as a telegraph messenger for $2.50 per week,”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“This immediately involves us in a bigger picture question, too—one that’s deeply penetrating and personal: why do we desire to heighten our genius and pursue the path of greatness? We”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“While his lab was under construction, Tesla studied the phenomenon of lightning, and made what he considered his most important discovery to date. He found that the earth was “literally alive with electrical vibrations,” and that the entire planet can be “thrown into vibration like a tuning fork.” Tesla was absolutely certain that this phenomenon could be used to transmit unlimited electrical power and telecommunication signals anywhere in the world with virtually no signal loss or degradation. “When”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“Word slowly spread among Manhattan’s elite that a man of incomparable genius was digging ditches to survive. Sensing an opportunity, a band of wealthy investors eventually approached Tesla to develop an improved system of arc lighting.”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century