R. Buckminster Fuller

Children are born true scientists. They spontaneously experiment and experience and reexperience again. They select, combine, an

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: the heft, shake, punch, squeeze, push, crush, rub, and try to pull things apart.

Was said by - : 
R. Buckminster Fuller
More about the Author: 
US architect & engineer (1895 - 1983)

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment

Was said by - : 
R. Buckminster Fuller
More about the Author: 
US architect & engineer (1895 - 1983)

Dare to be naive.

Dare to be naive.

Was said by - : 
R. Buckminster Fuller
More about the Author: 
US architect & engineer (1895 - 1983)

Now there is one outstandingly important fact regarding Spaceship Earth, and that is that no instruction book came with it.

Now there is one outstandingly important fact regarding Spaceship Earth, and that is that no instruction book came with it.

Was said by - : 
R. Buckminster Fuller, Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth, 1963
More about the Author: 
US architect & engineer (1895 - 1983)

Of course, our failures are a consequence of many factors, but possibly one of the most important is the fact that society opera

Of course, our failures are a consequence of many factors, but possibly one of the most important is the fact that society operates on the theory that specialization is the key to success, not realizing that specialization precludes comprehensive thinking.

Was said by - : 
R. Buckminster Fuller, Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth, 1963
More about the Author: 
US architect & engineer (1895 - 1983)

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.

Was said by - : 
R. Buckminster Fuller, Interview, April 30, 1978
More about the Author: 
US architect & engineer (1895 - 1983)

God is a verb.

God is a verb.

Was said by - : 
R. Buckminster Fuller
More about the Author: 
US architect & engineer (1895 - 1983)

Either war is obsolete or men are.

Either war is obsolete or men are.

Was said by - : 
R. Buckminster Fuller, New Yorker, Jan. 8, 1966
More about the Author: 
US architect & engineer (1895 - 1983)

Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.

Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.

Was said by - : 
R. Buckminster Fuller
More about the Author: 
US architect & engineer (1895 - 1983)

I think I am a verb.

I think I am a verb.

Was said by - : 
R. Buckminster Fuller
More about the Author: 
US architect & engineer (1895 - 1983)

Syndicate content