Prof told me to stop asking him questions?

I am a holistic learner, which means I tend to NEED to see the big picture before understanding the little details.

For example, If I was learning the Maxwell's equations, just presenting one equation per day will quickly lose all my interest. In the end, I would treat them as separate physics oddities or little facts from vector calculus. But if I learn them all at once and I see how they relate to each other, I am able to remember them for a long time and see the physical insights. When called upon to derive one of the equation, I would use another equation to infer about one I need to deriving.

Ok so enough about my learning styles. Today I asked a professor a question that may be little bit outside of the lecture material, such as the implication of one of the equation presented in the lecture in another context. I asked trivial questions about connection of the material with a subject I do not know about, but he is an expert in, but instead of replying with a thing or two I can use to investigate further, he told me why I am asking him these questions and I should stop asking him "these" questions. I have no idea what he means by "these". Note again the questions were an extension to the lecture material.

I feel like he thinks I am trying to quiz him, or deliberately attempting to show off. But really I am not doing any of those, I'm just trying to get all my marbles together before seeing the little details. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong and what can I do to avoid asking questions that annoys profs?