If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search... I was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety per cent of his labor.
Nikola Tesla, New York Times, October 19, 1931
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It sounds to me like Mr. Tesla was a little bitter. Not to mention how rather eccentric the guy was. Plus a true physicist shouldn't be concerned with worldly fame, only with helping to advance her/his specific field.
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