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
goal support greek
The word synergy comes from the Greek sin-ergo, meaning, to work together. It describes a mutually supportive atmosphere of trust, where each individual element works towards its own goals, and where the goals may be quite varied; nevertheless, because all elements of a synergetic system support one another, they also support the whole.
inspirational wisdom future
We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.
inspirational
You can never learn less; you can only learn more.
teacher
You can't learn less.
power ability
Our power is in our ability to decide.
patterns principles immortality
There are no solids. There are no things. There are only interfering and non-interfering patterns operative in pure principle, and principles are eternal.
jobs done good-job
I am deeply impressed with the designer of the universe; I am confident I couldnt have done anywhere near such a good job.
veterans-day peace military
Either war is obsolete, or men are.
life journey somewhere-else
How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.
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.
philosophy talking world
You can't better the world by simply talking to it. Philosophy to be effective must be mechanically applied.
sad men littles
Man knows so much and does so little.
fighting use-it-or-lose-it fighter
Don't fight forces, use them.
humanity extinction doe
All of humanity is in peril of extinction if each one of us does not dare, now and henceforth, always to tell only the truth, and all the truth, and to do so promptly -right now.