We speak erroneously of “artificial” materials, “synthetics”, and so forth. The basis for this erroneous terminology is the notion that Nature has made certain things which we call natural, and everything else is “man-made”, ergo artificial.
R. BUCKMINSTER FULLERThe explicable requires the inexplicable. Experience requires the nonexperienceable. The obvious requires the mystical.
More R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes
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We will always have war until there is enough of every essential to support all lives everywhere around earth.
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I am deeply impressed with the designer of the universe; I am confident I couldnt have done anywhere near such a good job.
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Love is a metaphysical gravity.
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I am a passenger on the spaceship Earth.
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The Universe consists of non-simultaneously apprehended events.
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All sports are time control demonstrations.
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Wealth is the product of energy times intelligence: energy turned into artifacts that advantage human life.
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In the United States, throughout all twenty-four hours of every day of the year – year after year.
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Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery.
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We must progress to the stage of doing all the right things for all the right reasons instead of doing all the right things for all the wrong reasons.
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We were deliberately designed to learn only by trial and error. We’re brought up, unfortunately, to think that nobody should make mistakes.
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The more for whom we strive to serve, the greater effectiveness we will have.
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Universe is plural at minimum sixfold.
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We should stop kidding ourselves. We should let go of things that aren’t true. It’s always better with the truth.
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Our little Spaceship Earth is only eight thousand miles in diameter, which is almost a negligible dimension in the great vastness of space.
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