Many of the younger generation know my name in a vague way and connect it with grotesque inventions, but don't believe that I ever existed as a person. They think I am a nonperson, just a name that signifies a tangled web of pipes or wires or strings that suggest machinery. My name to them is like a spiral staircase, veal cutlets, barber's itch—terms that give you an immediate picture of what they mean.
Rube GoldbergAbout author
- Author's profession: Cartoonist
- Nationality: american
- Born: July 4, 1883
- Died: December 7, 1970
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