Leon Theremin Quotations

I conceived of an instrument that would create sound without using any mechanical energy, like the conductor of an orchestra. The orchestra plays mechanically, using mechanical energy; the conductor just moves his hands, and his movements have an effect on the music artistry.

There was one man who was interested in the color of music, the connection between light and music, and that was Einstein.

I won't tell you about the love that happened when I was three years old, but I can tell you about my first marriage.

I want to stress to you that all this needs to be done in a disciplined way, and that when people will be asking about me and writing about me, that all this be done in a responsible way. But if you write that I have said something against the Soviet government and said that it is better to work elsewhere, then I shall have difficulties back home.