Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Paul Laffoley Quotes: The tetrahedron was [ Buckminster Fuller's] big thing. He'd talk about it in the same way Plato talked about angles.
         

The tetrahedron was [ Buckminster Fuller's] big thing. He'd talk about it in the same way Plato talked about angles.


Paul Laffoley
Check all other quotes by Paul Laffoley

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Paul Laffoley Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sun. 28 Apr. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/The-tetrahedron-was-Buckminster-Fuller-s-big-941491>.





Check out


Other quotes of Paul Laffoley


I could do Superman, the Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, this kind of stuff [at school]. And kids would give me their lunch money to have these things.

I could do Superman, the Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, this kind of stuff [at school]. And kids would give me their lunch money to have these things.



My father knew all about this stuff [C.W. Leadbeater]. I owe a lot of what I'm doing, I think, to him. I'm sort of continuing my father's work.

My father knew all about this stuff [C.W. Leadbeater]. I owe a lot of what I'm doing, I think, to him. I'm sort of continuing my father's work.



I like Colin Wilson, mainly because he never went to school. When you don't go to school you can say anything you want like that and not have to worry.

I like Colin Wilson, mainly because he never went to school. When you don't go to school you can say anything you want like that and not have to worry.



You know, in the suburbs, most people believe in gravity, but they don't have much of a sense of humor.

You know, in the suburbs, most people believe in gravity, but they don't have much of a sense of humor.



Boston is not an avant garde place. It stays literally 15 to 20 years behind New York at all times.

Boston is not an avant garde place. It stays literally 15 to 20 years behind New York at all times.



I always had a sense of liking diagrams, from the time I was studying architecture. Architecture is built diagrams, basically.

I always had a sense of liking diagrams, from the time I was studying architecture. Architecture is built diagrams, basically.



In other words, [ H.P. Lovecraft] was areligious, asexual, neurasthenic, he just didn't want to react to the world. Like Virginia Woolf, who considered religion the ultimate obscenity.

In other words, [ H.P. Lovecraft] was areligious, asexual, neurasthenic, he just didn't want to react to the world. Like Virginia Woolf, who considered religion the ultimate obscenity.



Long John I think went off the air in about '79 or something, so there was a hiatus. That's why I think Art Bell thought there was a spot to be filled. He was doing exactly the same thing.

Long John I think went off the air in about '79 or something, so there was a hiatus. That's why I think Art Bell thought there was a spot to be filled. He was doing exactly the same thing.



I first heard of [Orfeo Angelucci] from Giuseppe Conti who gave me some books by him.

I first heard of [Orfeo Angelucci] from Giuseppe Conti who gave me some books by him.



I did do, well before Pop Art, all the cartoon characters as paintings.

I did do, well before Pop Art, all the cartoon characters as paintings.





Other quotes you may like


And if one day there's distanceBetween your hand and mine, When our hands join once again, My heart and soul will shine.

And if one day there's distanceBetween your hand and mine, When our hands join once again, My heart and soul will shine.



Sports has no bounds, no race, no religion, no caste and no creed. Keep out all this from sports. Sports are pure joy, do not ruin with your ignorance

Sports has no bounds, no race, no religion, no caste and no creed. Keep out all this from sports. Sports are pure joy, do not ruin with your ignorance



And now the bride begins to move. Little mechanical doll, clinging to her husband’s arm, climbing into the carriage. Her white silk stocking, her elegant shoe.

And now the bride begins to move. Little mechanical doll, clinging to her husband’s arm, climbing into the carriage. Her white silk stocking, her elegant shoe.



Goals are set in life to enable concentrated and directed effort to be employed toward a desired end. Without goals, it will be easy to derail, and it will also be hard to track progress.

Goals are set in life to enable concentrated and directed effort to be employed toward a desired end. Without goals, it will be easy to derail, and it will also be hard to track progress.




The children laughing without knowing why - isn't that beautiful?

The children laughing without knowing why - isn't that beautiful?



Nobody should be whipped. Remember that, once and for all. Neither man nor animal can be influenced by anything but suggestion.

Nobody should be whipped. Remember that, once and for all. Neither man nor animal can be influenced by anything but suggestion.



I stood at a crossroads and fate came to meet me.

I stood at a crossroads and fate came to meet me.



I do enjoy animated movies.

I do enjoy animated movies.



Greatness is a lot of small things done well, stacked up on each other.

Greatness is a lot of small things done well, stacked up on each other.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "The tetrahedron was [ Buckminster Fuller's] big thing. He'd talk about it in the same way Plato talked about angles.". Author of this quote is Paul Laffoley. This quote is about buckminster fuller, plato, way,.