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.

Quote by R Buckminster Fuller

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A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist.

A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.

I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs...

I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs...

Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought...

Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought...

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

Don't fight forces, use them.

Don't fight forces, use them.

Let architects sing of aesthetics that bring Rich clients in hordes to their knees; Just...

Let architects sing of aesthetics that bring Rich clients in hordes to their knees; Just...

People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional...

People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional...

The most important thing about Spaceship Earth - an instruction book didn't come with it.

The most important thing about Spaceship Earth - an instruction book didn't come with it.

Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse...

Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse...

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

My ideas have undergone a process of emergence by emergency. When they are needed badly...

My ideas have undergone a process of emergence by emergency. When they are needed badly...

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his...

Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his...

War is the ultimate tool of politics.

War is the ultimate tool of politics.

You can never learn less, you can only learn more.

You can never learn less, you can only learn more.

We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for...

We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for...

We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.

We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.

Integrity is the essence of everything successful.

Integrity is the essence of everything successful.

Tension is the great integrity.

Tension is the great integrity.