“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.”
Nature
“When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.”
BeautyAll Quotes by R. Buckminster Fuller
“Either war is obsolete, or men are.”
Men“By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.”
Politics“Love is metaphysical gravity.”
Love“God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper.”
God“Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the art of speaking well rather than doing well but their manners should be of the greatest concern.”
Art“Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.”
Faith“Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.”
Technology“I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs itself.”
Leadership“Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering.”
Alone“We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.”
Future“I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what I've invented.”
Technology“War is the ultimate tool of politics.”
Politics“The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.”
Politics“Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value.”
Politics“Truth is a tendency.”
Truth“I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.”
Experience“Let architects sing of aesthetics that bring Rich clients in hordes to their knees Just give me a home, in a great circle dome Where stresses and strains are at ease.”
Home“When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.”
Beauty“Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.”
Nature