R. Buckminster Fuller
R. Buckminster Fuller
Richard Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller was an American architect, systems theorist, author, designer and inventor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionInventor
Date of Birth12 July 1895
CountryUnited States of America
R. Buckminster Fuller quotes about
positivity ninety-nine invisible
Ninety-nine per cent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
support-you age attention
You can rest assured that if you devote your time and attention to the highest advantage of others, the Universe will support you, always and only in the nick of time.
parent television thirds
Television is the third parent.
technology space challenges
How much does your building weigh? A question often used to challenge architects to consider how efficiently materials were used for the space enclosed.
parent faithful unhappy
Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.
twelve three care
We are operating at an overall mechanical efficiency of only four percent... Therefore, we find that if we increase the overall mechanical efficiency to only twelve percent we can take care of everybody. That three-fold increase in the overall efficiency can only be accomplished by redesign.
ninety-nine humanity politics
Ninety-nine percent of humanity does not know that we have the option to "make it" economically on this planet and in the Universe. We do.
technology pollution resources
Pollution is nothing but resources we're not harvesting.
technology long pace
Technology paces industry, but there's a long lag in the process.
notion earning-a-living drudgery
We must do away with the absolutely specious notion that everybody has to earn a living.
effectiveness strive greater
The more for whom we strive to serve, the greater effectiveness we will have.
reliability fundamentals way
Degrees of accuracy are only degrees of refinement and magnitude in no way affects the fundamental reliability, which refers, as directional or angular sense, toward centralized truths. Truth is a relationship.
technology self survival
A new, self-employed architect scientist is the one in all the world who may accelerate realization of a high-standard survival for all, as now completely practical within the scope of available technology.
few-words matter spectacular
A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.