Either war is obsolete or men are. (In New Yorker, 8 Jan 1966)
War |
R Buckminster Fuller quoteEverything you've learned in school as 'obvious' becomes less and less obvious as you begin to study the universe. For example, there are no solids in the universe. There's not even a suggestion of a solid. There are no absolute continuums. There are no surfaces. There are no straight lines.
R Buckminster Fuller quote When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
Beauty |
R Buckminster Fuller quoteHumanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.
Technology |
R Buckminster Fuller quoteSometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering.
R Buckminster Fuller quote Man knows so much and does so little.
R Buckminster Fuller quote Most of my advances were by mistake. You uncover what is when you get rid of what isn't.
R Buckminster Fuller quote My ideas have undergone a process of emergence by emergency. When they are needed badly enough, they are accepted.
R Buckminster Fuller quote Biography
American designer and architect, 1895-1983
