--- title: "18 Way Quotes By Jonathon Keats" description: "18 Way quotes by Jonathon Keats. Plus more from Jonathon Keats and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f2/jonathon-keats-10822_better-place_i-think-what-we-need-to-do-is-we-need-to_1868975.jpg" --- > [I think what we need to do is we need to seek some other way in which to do what is potentially…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/i-think-what-we-need-to-do-is-we-need-to-seek-some-other-way-in-which/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f2/jonathon-keats-10822_better-place_i-think-what-we-need-to-do-is-we-need-to_1868975.jpg) > [That is to say that despair does not seem to be in any way potentially to be productive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/that-is-to-say-that-despair-does-not-seem-to-be-in-any-way/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f11/jonathon-keats-10822_despair_that-is-to-say-that-despair-does-not-see_1029339.jpg) > [Let's not be optimistic in the irreversibly irresponsible way that tends to happen with the crazies of geo-engineering. But let's talk about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/let-s-not-be-optimistic-in-the-irreversibly-irresponsible-way-that/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d3/jonathon-keats-10822_being-optimistic_let-s-not-be-optimistic-in-the-irreversi_1849648.jpg) > [Serendipity looks a lot like creativity, at least at a distance, and if I can tap into these ways in which one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/serendipity-looks-a-lot-like-creativity-at-least-at-a-distance-and-if/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/989/jonathon-keats-10822_creativity_serendipity-looks-a-lot-like-creativity_1404000.jpg) > [The city is better because the city has an economy of needs and once you're talking about a city, maybe you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/the-city-is-better-because-the-city-has-an-economy-of-needs-and-once/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07e/jonathon-keats-10822_cities_the-city-is-better-because-the-city-has_1232406.jpg) > [ I think that \[Buckminster\] Fuller certainly would have found a way in which to be funded by Google in a way that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/i-think-that-buckminster-fuller-certainly-would-have-found-a-way-in/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/704/jonathon-keats-10822_buckminster-fuller_i-think-that-buckminster-fuller-certainl_1675141.jpg) > [I work on everything all at once, which is maybe the worst way to go about it. But I think that actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/i-work-on-everything-all-at-once-which-is-maybe-the-worst-way-to-go/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcd/jonathon-keats-10822_connections_i-work-on-everything-all-at-once-which-i_2984525.jpg) > [I think that what we need to do is we need to think about what scale makes sense for dealing with our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/i-think-that-what-we-need-to-do-is-we-need-to-think-about-what-scale/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cb/jonathon-keats-10822_air_i-think-that-what-we-need-to-do-is-we-ne_2290796.jpg) > [ \[Buckminster\] Fuller was an independent operator coming up with these madcap ways of combining things with absolutely no strings attached and the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/buckminster-fuller-was-an-independent-operator-coming-up-with-these/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee0/jonathon-keats-10822_buckminster-fuller_buckminster-fuller-was-an-independent-op_35124.jpg) > [ Where Google and \[Buckminster\] Fuller overlap are in the potential for putting together disparate technologies in ways that can lead to something… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/where-google-and-buckminster-fuller-overlap-are-in-the-potential-for/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/975/jonathon-keats-10822_buckminster-fuller_where-google-and-buckminster-fuller-over_672435.jpg) > [ We clearly recognize the need for something that is what \[Buckminster Fuller\] represents and therefore it becomes really useful and really interesting… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/we-clearly-recognize-the-need-for-something-that-is-what-buckminster/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92f/jonathon-keats-10822_buckminster-fuller_we-clearly-recognize-the-need-for-someth_100464.jpg) > [I studied philosophy in school, became disgruntled by the fact that it was a way to have a very interesting conversation with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/i-studied-philosophy-in-school-became-disgruntled-by-the-fact-that-it/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef5/jonathon-keats-10822_believe_i-studied-philosophy-in-school-became-di_2370272.jpg) > [I invented a camera that has an exposure time of one hundred years and the camera works in the simplest possible terms,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/i-invented-a-camera-that-has-an-exposure-time-of-one-hundred-years/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c8/jonathon-keats-10822_black_i-invented-a-camera-that-has-an-exposure_2220522.jpg) > [Once you start backing into all of that, then you see this incredibly intricate, totally wrong-headed way to do things, but nevertheless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/once-you-start-backing-into-all-of-that-then-you-see-this-incredibly/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e2/jonathon-keats-10822_addresses_once-you-start-backing-into-all-of-that_2409983.jpg) > [On the other hand, the way in which that car fit into this whole very roundabout way of attempting to solve the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/on-the-other-hand-the-way-in-which-that-car-fit-into-this-whole-very/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d8/jonathon-keats-10822_attempting_on-the-other-hand-the-way-in-which-that_562873.jpg) > [Architects in urban planning are talking about this but they're not talking about it yet I don't think at that level that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/architects-in-urban-planning-are-talking-about-this-but-they-re-not/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/560/jonathon-keats-10822_architect_architects-in-urban-planning-are-talking_285452.jpg) > [I was interested first of all in trying to capture this myth that was always changing and to create some sort of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/i-was-interested-first-of-all-in-trying-to-capture-this-myth-that-was/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23d/jonathon-keats-10822_buckminster-fuller_i-was-interested-first-of-all-in-trying_3011872.jpg) > [I would say that by being irresponsibly disorganized, by saying yes to everything and then seeing how it all works out, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/i-would-say-that-by-being-irresponsibly-disorganized-by-saying-yes-to/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a4/jonathon-keats-10822_disorganized_i-would-say-that-by-being-irresponsibly_2958881.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## More by Jonathon Keats > [ \[Buckminster\] Fuller was an independent operator coming up with these madcap ways of combining things with absolutely no strings attached and the fact that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/buckminster-fuller-was-an-independent-operator-coming-up-with-these/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) > [ We clearly recognize the need for something that is what \[Buckminster Fuller\] represents and therefore it becomes really useful and really interesting to look… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/we-clearly-recognize-the-need-for-something-that-is-what-buckminster/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) > [I think that I feel that I have no choice but to operate under the illusion, which may be a delusion, that we can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/i-think-that-i-feel-that-i-have-no-choice-but-to-operate-under-the/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) > [ \[Buckminster\] Fuller said that everything at the time was basically a horse and buggy in the form of an automobile and it had that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/buckminster-fuller-said-that-everything-at-the-time-was-basically-a/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) > [I don't think that I am hopeful because I have some data that you don't, that I am going to share with you and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/i-don-t-think-that-i-am-hopeful-because-i-have-some-data-that-you-don/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) > [I would argue that search has made the world a better place. It has done so for reasons that arbitrarily could completely change that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/i-would-argue-that-search-has-made-the-world-a-better-place-it-has/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) > [ Architects in urban planning are talking about this but they're not talking about it yet I don't think at that level that \[Buckminster\] Fuller… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/architects-in-urban-planning-are-talking-about-this-but-they-re-not/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) > [ I would certainly never want to inflict anything on the world exactly as \[Buckminster Fuller\] envisioned it because there is a technocratic worldview that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/i-would-certainly-never-want-to-inflict-anything-on-the-world-exactly/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) > [You have those who have been living and breathing Buckminster Fuller ever since he converted them to his cult and to be honest, I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/you-have-those-who-have-been-living-and-breathing-buckminster-fuller/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) > [ There were other auto manufacturers that were confabulating as much as \[Buckminster Fuller\] was, making claims about how cars resembled this or that aspect… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/there-were-other-auto-manufacturers-that-were-confabulating-as-much/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) > [On the other hand, the way in which that car fit into this whole very roundabout way of attempting to solve the problem of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/on-the-other-hand-the-way-in-which-that-car-fit-into-this-whole-very/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) > [I do not think that technology is our salvation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/i-do-not-think-that-technology-is-our-salvation/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) > [ Where Google and \[Buckminster\] Fuller overlap are in the potential for putting together disparate technologies in ways that can lead to something that might… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/where-google-and-buckminster-fuller-overlap-are-in-the-potential-for/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) > [I set my life since then attempting to figure out how to do that, basically how to have a sort of public discourse in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/i-set-my-life-since-then-attempting-to-figure-out-how-to-do-that/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) > [I was totally taken in and totally taken by that myth starting in 1999, rather carelessly writing about this archive and starting to read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/i-was-totally-taken-in-and-totally-taken-by-that-myth-starting-in/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/jonathon-keats/#itemlist", "name": "18 Way Quotes By Jonathon Keats", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think what we need to do is we need to seek some other way in which to do what is potentially good work by Google. 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