Richard Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller (July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983) was an American architect, author, designer, futurist, inventor, and visionary.

He chose to devote his life to the question “ ”Does humanity have a chance to survive lastingly and successfully on planet Earth, and if so, how?” 

Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons. – R. Buckminster Fuller

When I’m working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong. – R. Buckminster Fuller

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment. – R. Buckminster Fuller, Interview, April 30, 1978

Sometimes I think we’re alone. Sometimes I think we’re not. In either case, the thought is staggering. – R. Buckminster Fuller

Now there is one outstandingly important fact regarding Spaceship Earth, and that is that no instruction book came with it. – R. Buckminster Fuller, Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth, 1963