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Quote by R. Buckminster Fuller

“Everything we see is inside our own heads.”

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R. Buckminster Fuller, born on July 12, 1895, and died on July 1, 1983, was an American architect, designer, inventor, and philosopher. Known for his unique architectural ideas and contributions to sustainable development, Fuller is best known for his Dymaxion House and Geodesic Dome. His design philosophy emphasized efficiency, simplicity, and sustainability, having a profound impact on modern architecture and design. more

“...By a 'silly' theory I mean one which may be held at the time when one is talking or writing professionally, but which only an inmate of a lunatic asylum would think of carrying into daily life. ... It must not be supposed that the men who maintain these theories and beliefs are 'silly' people. Only very acute and learned men could have thought of anything so odd or defended anything so preposterous against the continual protests of common sense.”

People Thinking Men Writing May Mean Belief Common Talking He Man Theory Silly Common Sense Odd Protest Daily Life Lunatic Asylums Inmates Lunatic Asylums Silly People

Author:C. D. Broad

“Analysis and synthesis are both as necessary to the thinking spirit as inspiration and expiration to the organism.”

Thinking Inspiration Spirit Analysis Organisms Synthesis

Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Although Nature needs thousands or millions of years to create a new species, man needs only a few dozen years to destroy one.”

Men Needs Years Millions Species Dozen

Author:Victor Blanchard Scheffer

“There may be babblers, wholly ignorant of mathematics, who dare to condemn my hypothesis, upon the authority of some part of the Bible twisted to suit their purpose. I value them not, and scorn their unfounded judgment.”

May Purpose Values Authority Judgment Mathematics Dare Ignorant Suits Hypothesis Twisted Scorn

Author:Nicolaus Copernicus

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