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“That the scientific mind is freeing itself steadily from delusive sense impression is

undeniable. The future belongs to science and reason, not to artistic ideal. As the

population increases and the resources exhausted, more and more of the artist’s

subtle power will be turned toward the useful and the practical, and, ultimately, the

creative effort of man will centre upon harnessing the energies of nature, until his

control is so perfected and refined that the physical world obeys his mere will.” 

“It is providential that the youth or man of inventive mind is not ‘blessed’ with amillion dollars, he would find it difficult to think. The mind is sharper and keener in

seclusion and uninterrupted solitude. No big laboratory is needed in which to think.

Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences beating upon us to cripple

the creative mind. Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when

ideas are born. That is why many of the earthly miracles have had their genesis in

humble surroundings.” 

At 84 years old on the Death Ray and building it for the US government, “However I

would insist on one condition- that I would not suffer any interference from anyexperts. They would have to trust me.” 

“He has that supply of self love and self-confidence that usually go with success.”

Arthur Brisbane Hearst’s editor 

Julian Hawthorne “Withal he manifested a courtesy and amiability which were

almost feminine, and beneath all were the simplicity and integrity of a child. … To be

with Tesla is to enter a domain of freedom even freer than solitude, because the

horizon enlarges so…” 

Tesla fancied himself the as the best dressed man on fifth avenue and once told hissecretary he intended to remain so. TMOT

Tesla fired a secretary for being fat. His favorite joke was about his two aunts and it 

centered around the fact that they were sublimely ugly. TMOT

Tesla was celibate, and perhaps homosexual.

The “War of the Currents” [3, chapter 5] between DC and AC,

waged between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse, left

 both almost bankrupt. Tesla, feeling loyalty and generosity toward

his new backer, Westinghouse, did not re-negotiate his patent

royalties but rather released Westinghouse altogether. In the

 process, he lost what would have amounted to almost USD

12,000,000 in royalties [3, p 48 – 49]. Tragically, toward the end of 

his life, he was plagued by a chronic shortage of funds.

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The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on

invention. It is the most important product of his creative brain. Its

ultimate purpose is the complete mastery of mind over the material

world, the harnessing of the forces of nature to human needs. This

is the difficult task of the inventor who is often misunderstood andunrewarded. But he finds ample compensation in the pleasing

exercises of his powers and in the knowledge of being one of that

exceptionally privileged class without whom the race would have

long ago perished in the bitter struggle against pitiless

elements. [1]