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
business ignorant environmental-pollution
Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value.
humanity vision world
[My vision is] To make the world work for 100% of humanity in the shortest possible time through spontaneous cooperation without ecological offense or the disadvantage of anyone.
strength leadership guitar
I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs itself.
being-true
I have spent most of my life unlearning things that were proved not to be true
selfish moving class
It seemed that the time would come evolutionarily when humans might have acquired enough knowledge of generalized principles to permit a graduation from class-two (entropically selfish) evolution into class-one (syntropically cooperative) evolution, thereafter making all the right moves for all the right reasons.
children important east
The most important thing to teach your children is that the sun does not rise and set. It is the Earth that revolves around the sun. Then teach them the concepts of North, South, East and West, and that they relate to where they happen to be on the planet's surface at that time. Everything else will follow.
peace acting venture
When individuals join in a cooperative venture, the power generated far exceeds what they could have accomplished acting individually.
crush children order
Children are born true scientists. They spontaneously experiment and experience and reexperience again. They select, combine, and test, seeking to find order in their experiences - "which is the mostest? which is the leastest?" They smell, taste, bite, and touch-test for hardness, softness, springiness, roughness, smoothness, coldness, warmness: they heft, shake, punch, squeeze, push, crush, rub, and try to pull things apart.
humanity mind needs
With our minds alone we can discover those principles we need to employ to convert all humanity to success in a new, harmonious relationship with the universe.
political design world
It is new design by architects versus world revolution by political leadership.
fighting method obsolete
You can't change anything by fighting or resisting it. You change something by making it obsolete through superior methods.
joy humanity able
There is no joy equal to that of being able to work for all humanity and doing what you're doing well.
philosophy talking world
You can't better the world by simply talking to it. Philosophy to be effective must be mechanically applied.
verbs nouns
God is a verb, not a noun.