There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.Planetary Planning, The American Scholar, 1970
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R. Buckminster Fuller was an American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, and inventor. He is best known for popularizing the geodesic dome, a spherical structure made up of triangular elements, and for his innovative ideas on sustainability and design efficiency, such as his concept of "Spaceship Earth." Fuller was a renowned futurist whose work had a profound impact on architecture and environmental science.
1895–1983·lived 87 years
There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.Planetary Planning, The American Scholar, 1970
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.
The most important thing about Spaceship Earth - an instruction book didn't come with it.Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth, 1969
Love is metaphysical gravity.No More Secondhand God, p. 23, 1963
That’s all 5 quotes by R. Buckminster Fuller.