A Few Pearls of Wisdom by R.Buckminster Fuller
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"R. Buckminster Fuller was a renowned 20th century inventor and visionary born in Milton, Massachusetts on July 12, 1895. Dedicating his life to making the world work for all of humanity, Fuller operated as a practical philosopher who demonstrated his ideas as inventions that he called “artifacts.” Fuller did not limit himself to one field but worked as a 'comprehensive anticipatory design scientist' to solve global problems surrounding housing, shelter, transportation, education, energy, ecological destruction, and poverty. Throughout the course of his life Fuller held 28 patents, authored 28 books, received 47 honorary degrees. And while his most well know artifact, the geodesic dome, has been produced over 300,000 times worldwide, Fuller's true impact on the world today can be found in his continued influence upon generations of designers, architects, scientists and artists working to create a more sustainable planet." Buckminster Fuller Institute
"Love is metaphysical gravity."
"Man knows so much and does so little."
"How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else".
"Rashness is the faithful but unhappy parent of misfortune."
"Search others for their virtues and yourself for your vices."
"My ideas have undergone a process of emergence by emergency. When they are needed badly enough they are accepted."
"Tombs are the clothes of the dead. A grave is a plain suit, while an expensive monument is one with embroidery."
"God is a verb, not a noun."
"R. Buckminster Fuller was a renowned 20th century inventor and visionary born in Milton, Massachusetts on July 12, 1895. Dedicating his life to making the world work for all of humanity, Fuller operated as a practical philosopher who demonstrated his ideas as inventions that he called “artifacts.” Fuller did not limit himself to one field but worked as a 'comprehensive anticipatory design scientist' to solve global problems surrounding housing, shelter, transportation, education, energy, ecological destruction, and poverty. Throughout the course of his life Fuller held 28 patents, authored 28 books, received 47 honorary degrees. And while his most well know artifact, the geodesic dome, has been produced over 300,000 times worldwide, Fuller's true impact on the world today can be found in his continued influence upon generations of designers, architects, scientists and artists working to create a more sustainable planet." Buckminster Fuller Institute
"Love is metaphysical gravity."
"Man knows so much and does so little."
"How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else".
"Rashness is the faithful but unhappy parent of misfortune."
"Search others for their virtues and yourself for your vices."
"My ideas have undergone a process of emergence by emergency. When they are needed badly enough they are accepted."
"Tombs are the clothes of the dead. A grave is a plain suit, while an expensive monument is one with embroidery."
"God is a verb, not a noun."
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