Rube Goldberg

And I, uh, I wonder how anybody can think his personality changes with his success. I've had quite a bit of success but I feel that I'm just the same person as I always was.

It just happened that the public happened to, uh, appreciate the satirical quality of these crazy things.

I, I don't think anybody's continually happy, uh, except idiots, you know. You know, you have to have little moments of depression.

I didn't have any real art training, but when I was about twelve nad thirteen, another boy and I went to a sign painter's house every Friday night and took lessons.

And, uh, I did that, and there was nothing more ridiculous to me than finding the weight of the earth because I didn't care how much the earth weighed.

And uh, I'm glad that I still have my hands and my eyes to work with.