I would say [to my father], "Why don't you actually take some courses in physics instead of saying [you are not believing in gravity]?" But he would never do it. Businessmen for some reason or other, think, because they're successful in a single direction, that they know everything. You know what I mean? You ever meet people like that?
Paul LaffoleyYou know, people who can draw get upset when people who can't start telling them what to do!
Paul LaffoleyI really wanted to study with Bruce Goff [one of the masters of "organic architecture"] at the University of Oklahoma.
Paul LaffoleyBoston is not an avant garde place. It stays literally 15 to 20 years behind New York at all times.
Paul LaffoleyI think it was because [Nikola] Tesla and [Leon] Theremin were part of what made up the movie, The Day the Earth Stood Still. Klaatu was actually a European among the Americans. And so the person who wrote the story said that Klaatu came from Europa, the fourth moon of Jupiter, which is now being investigated for life. There's water and ice on it and that kind of stuff.
Paul LaffoleyYou know, in the suburbs, most people believe in gravity, but they don't have much of a sense of humor.
Paul LaffoleyWhen [my father] reached his majority, he was the head of the family. Everybody depended upon him. He went into a very uptight appearance; he would wear Chesterfield coats to work, Homburg hats, really getting into the whole thing. He knew people like Oscar Levant. He loved New York. He wanted to live there.
Paul Laffoley