R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes

I'm not a tabula rasa type. In some ways, the more constraints I have, the work is more interesting to me.

Working against a restriction - for me - often produces greater things than getting rid of all boundaries.

A lot of great creativity comes from restrictions.

For me, restrictions are not always negative. Restrictions can push creativity. I like restrictions.

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

My creativity thrives with limitations.

I think constraints are very important. They're positive, because they allow you to work off something.

When a man has put a limit on what he will do, he has put a limit on what he can do.

Its limitations are those of the physical universe: it won't let you play with some really wild ideas that aren't possible, but are fun to speculate about.

Human progress has always been driven by a sense of adventure and unconventional thinking.

Don't ever empty the bucket of mystery. Never let people define what you do. It's not about zigging when you should zag. It's not about doing something unprecedented and unpredictable. It's just about never being a word, or something that is not in the process of transformation.

It's always good to have a limit because it forces you to think about all the ways to get what you want.

Many times in music, if you are given limitations, it expands the creativity.

If you have rules, you let creativity sleep.

Human beings thrive on imagination and pushing boundaries and limitations. Imposing limits when we don't actually have any true idea of what's possible is like imposing a steel trap over the mind.

I can never stand still. I must explore and experiment. I am never satisfied with my work. I resent the limitations of my own imagination.

I can DO ANYTHING I want, but I can't DO EVERYTHING I want.

One's range [of ideas] is limited by one's interests and imagination and by one's passion.

Every man is the center of a circle, whose fatal circumference he can not pass.

As artists, you always want to push yourself. There's always new territory.

I think nearly every artist continually wants to reach the edge of nothingness - the point where you can’t go any further.

I'm constantly striving to break through to something new. You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself.

The imagination is unleashed by constraints. You break out of the box by stepping into shackles.

Everything has boundaries. the same holds true with thought. you shouldn't fear boundaries, but you also should not be afraid of destroying them. that's what is most important if you want to be free: respect for and exasperation with boundaries. what's really important in life is always the things that are secondary.

The people I admire most are those who are sensitive and want to create something or discover something, and do not see life in terms of power.