Ferdinand Porsche
Ferdinand Porsche
Ferdinand Porschewas an automotive engineer and founder of the Porsche car company. He is best known for creating the first gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle, the Volkswagen Beetle, the Mercedes-Benz SS/SSK, several other important developments and Porsche automobiles. In addition, Porsche designed the 1923 Benz Tropfenwagen, which was the first racing car with a mid-engine, rear-wheel drive layout...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionEngineer
Date of Birth3 September 1875
CountryAustria
I came into the world at the same time as the auto, if you will.
A formally harmonious product needs no decoration; it should be elevated through pure form.
If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself.
Design must be functional, and functionality must be translated into visual aesthetics without any reliance on gimmicks that have to be explained.
In the beginning I looked around and, not finding the automobile of my dreams, decided to build it myself.
Committees are, by nature, timid. They are based on the premise of safety in numbers; content to survive inconspicuously, rather than take risks and move independently ahead. Without independence, without the freedom for new ideas to be tried, to fail, and to ultimately succeed, the world will not move ahead, but rather live in fear of it's own potential
Change is easy. Improvement is far more difficult
The perfect racing car crosses the finish line first and subsequently falls into its component parts.
Design must be functional and functionality must be translated into visual aesthetics, without any reliance on gimmicks that have to be explained.
Porsche....there is no substitute
Life itself is a race, marked by a start, and a finish. It is what we learn during the race, and how we apply it, that determines whether our participation has had particular value. If we learn from each success, and each failure, and improve ourselves through this process, then at the end, we have fulfilled our potential and performed well.
I couldn't find the sports car of my dreams, so I built it myself.