What kind of person would say such a thing? ...Would care more about the quandary of men sound asleep, than the world changing outcomes from the inspirations of his own imaginings?
Such a man, IS Nikola Tesla.
I say IS because to say WAS is to assume that such a man, such a consciousness, is no more, and that would be sad indeed.
That consciousness, would be the mind of light, the enLIGHTened, the Buddha mind, the Christ mind. It is eternal, yet not always "occupied" or expressed.
It takes a human to express the mind of God. Occupying the mind of light is the highest expression and that expression is one with God and IS God.
The following is an alleged interview with Tesla. I have no idea if it is actual, but there is enough truth-expanding nuggets of wisdom to make it worth your review.