R. Buckminster Fuller

Birth Name: Richard Buckminster Fuller

Height: 157 cm

R. Buckminster Fuller was born on July 12, 1895 in Milton, Massachusetts, USA as Richard Buckminster Fuller. He is known for his work on Dolphin (1979), The World of Buckminster Fuller (1974) and Brea ...Show More

You can't better the world by simply talking to it. Philosophy to be effective must be mechanically Show more You can't better the world by simply talking to it. Philosophy to be effective must be mechanically applied. Hide

"The most important thing to teach your children is that the sun does not rise and set. It is the Ea Show more "The most important thing to teach your children is that the sun does not rise and set. It is the Earth that revolves around it. Then teach them the concepts of north, south, east and west, and that they relate to where you happen to be on the planet's surface. Everything else will follow." (From his last television interview) Hide

There is enough for everyone. People think that there isn't enough, so they get as much as they can, Show more There is enough for everyone. People think that there isn't enough, so they get as much as they can, so many people don't have enough. Hide

(When asked why many of his buildings were designed to be portable): "Trees have roots, people have Show more (When asked why many of his buildings were designed to be portable): "Trees have roots, people have feet." Hide

R. Buckminster Fuller's FILMOGRAPHY

as Actor (8)

Spaceship Earth

Horizon - Season 37

The House of Tomorrow

Thrive: What on Earth Will It Take?

American Masters - Season 37

Horizon - Season 36

Error 73

Horizon - Season 56