I am part of a light, and it is the music. The Light fills my six senses: I see it, hear, feel, smell, touch and think. Thinking of it means my sixth sense. Particles of Light are written note. O bolt of lightning can be an entire sonata. A thousand balls of lightening is a concert.. For this concert I have created a Ball Lightning, which can be heard on the icy peaks of the Himalayas.

He found the time there frustrating because of conflicts between him and the other Westinghouse engineers over how to best implement AC power. Tesla's radio wave experiments in 1896 were conducted in Gerlach Hotel (later renamed The Radio Wave building) where he resided. This included using high-voltage high-frequency alternating current to light a wireless gas-discharge lamp.

He died penniless and in debt on 7 January 1943. Tesla's achievements and his abilities as a showman demonstrating his seemingly miraculous inventions made him world-famous.