Ferdinand Alexander Porsche Quotes

101 Ferdinand Alexander Porsche Quotes (Butzi Porsche Quotes, F. A. Porsche, Porsche 911 designer, Porsche Cayenne, son of Ferry Porsche, Porsche Design)

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A Porsche will always look like a Porsche.

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Good design must be honest.

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A good idea is often surprisingly simple.

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Feel it, touch it, work on it.

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Form isn’t based on fashion. It’s really the other way around.

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In design there is styling, art, and other terms intermingled.

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If you analyse the function of an object, it’s form often becomes obvious.

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If we wanted something, we had to make it ourselves.

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I enjoy making things better…

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I was never convinced that we must build a new Porsche just like the old one.

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We can create something unique…

Ferdinand Alexander Porsche

People would pay more attention to what I said, due to the fact that I was the son and had a direct line to the boss. I would be able to work out a proposition, put it in front of him, and say, ‘See! That’s it!’

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I was the son, which can entail advantages and disadvantages.

Ferdinand Alexander Porsche

The 911 has many evolutionary changes, but all 911s are in the same family.

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Designers need to be part engineer.

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Good design only exists in concert with engineering.

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Form has to follow function…

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You focus on function and then give the object a shape to make it appealing.

Ferdinand Alexander Porsche

Design is not simply art, it is elegance of function.

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Design must be functional…

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I recorded my ideas in rough sketches…

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It is by combining the different parts that we can create something unique…

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[At the age of 66 on needing constant activity to feel alive.] You can’t design a new car every day.

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The car I’ve been most involved in [since 1972] was the Cayenne.

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You have to keep the identity.

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[In November 2002] Automotive design today lacks individuality. It is all melting together, and the different brands are copying each other.

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It is nice to go with your roots, but it seems that it is a lack of creativity… They go back because they don’t know where to go forward.

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[In November 2002 on SUV’s.] People want the feeling that we can go across country whenever we want.

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Of course, it still is a Porsche.

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We have the possibility to redesign a classic object…

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Workmanship which combines the tradition of craftsmanship with high technology.

Ferdinand Alexander Porsche

I think a fine form can become fashion if it’s good enough.

Ferdinand Alexander Porsche

Design means to me that every designing engineer has the opportunity to become at some stage an artist… that every craftsman who can do more than what he is trained to do is an artist.

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Open cars at Porsche always have been roadsters or speedsters.

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I just think, that you start creating edges when the body of the car is bad. This is true, too, for protective stripes, or styling stripes. They are lines that support something that ties the designer down.

Ferdinand Alexander Porsche

I’ve always found when you go to automobile shows, you subconsciously do things that you had seen there.

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[In 1991] Open cars at Porsche always have been roadsters or speedsters. These have followed a distinct shape for the roof that is not the same as our coupes. I wanted a clear break in the roofline to re-emphasise that roadster character.

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I could take nothing from the 904. This new car was required to have emergency seats, the rear jump seats. With those, it was impossible for me to build an offset tail as the 904 had. Also, there was the rear engine, where the 904 was a mid-engine. And there had to be headlights for the car. Driving at night was much more important for this production car than for the 904. Aerodynamics was given a higher priority in the 904, while headlights had the priority for the new car.

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I just think, that you start…

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[On Erwin Komenda an early boss of his modifying Butzi’s drawings to coincide more closely with his own ideas.] These were only the prototypes. But come to think of it, some of it was absolutely crazy, just for the sake of giving a door a greater resemblance to a proper door, that the door had to go down relatively low and be round at the bottom. Mr Komenda insisted on that. I think that the advantage of my time, was the fact that I was the son, which can entail advantages and disadvantages. People would pay more attention to what I said, due to the fact that I was the son and had a direct line to the boss. I would be able to work out a proposition, put it in front of him, and say, ‘See! That’s it!’

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101 Ferdinand Alexander Porsche Quotes (Butzi Porsche Quotes, F. A. Porsche, Porsche 911 designer, Porsche Cayenne, son of Ferry Porsche, Porsche Design)A Porsche will always look like a Porsche.Good design must be honest.A good idea is often surprisingly simple.Feel it, touch it, work on it.Form isn’t based on fashion. It’s really the other way around.In design there is styling, art, and other terms intermingled.If you analyse the function of an object, it’s form often becomes obvious.If we wanted something, we had to make it ourselves.I enjoy making things better…I was never convinced that we must build a new Porsche just like the old one.We can create something unique…People would pay more attention to what I said, due to the fact that I was the son and had a direct line to the boss. I would be able to work out a proposition, put it in front of him, and say, ‘See! That’s it!’I was the son, which can entail advantages and disadvantages.The 911 has many evolutionary changes, but all 911s are in the same family.Designers need to be part engineer.Good design only exists in concert with engineering.Form has to follow function…You focus on function and then give the object a shape to make it appealing.Design is not simply art, it is elegance of function.Design must be functional…I recorded my ideas in rough sketches…It is by combining the different parts that we can create something unique…[At the age of 66 on needing constant activity to feel alive.] You can’t design a new car every day.The car I’ve been most involved in [since 1972] was the Cayenne.You have to keep the identity.[In November 2002] Automotive design today lacks individuality. It is all melting together, and the different brands are copying each other.It is nice to go with your roots, but it seems that it is a lack of creativity… They go back because they don’t know where to go forward.[In November 2002 on SUV’s.] People want the feeling that we can go across country whenever we want.Of course, it still is a Porsche.We have the possibility to redesign a classic object…Workmanship which combines the tradition of craftsmanship with high technology.I think a fine form can become fashion if it’s good enough.Design means to me that every designing engineer has the opportunity to become at some stage an artist… that every craftsman who can do more than what he is trained to do is an artist.Open cars at Porsche always have been roadsters or speedsters.I just think, that you start creating edges when the body of the car is bad. This is true, too, for protective stripes, or styling stripes. They are lines that support something that ties the designer down.I’ve always found when you go to automobile shows, you subconsciously do things that you had seen there.[In 1991] Open cars at Porsche always have been roadsters or speedsters. These have followed a distinct shape for the roof that is not the same as our coupes. I wanted a clear break in the roofline to re-emphasise that roadster character.I could take nothing from the 904. This new car was required to have emergency seats, the rear jump seats. With those, it was impossible for me to build an offset tail as the 904 had. Also, there was the rear engine, where the 904 was a mid-engine. And there had to be headlights for the car. Driving at night was much more important for this production car than for the 904. Aerodynamics was given a higher priority in the 904, while headlights had the priority for the new car.I just think, that you start…[On Erwin Komenda an early boss of his modifying Butzi’s drawings to coincide more closely with his own ideas.] These were only the prototypes. But come to think of it, some of it was absolutely crazy, just for the sake of giving a door a greater resemblance to a proper door, that the door had to go down relatively low and be round at the bottom. Mr Komenda insisted on that. I think that the advantage of my time, was the fact that I was the son, which can entail advantages and disadvantages. People would pay more attention to what I said, due to the fact that I was the son and had a direct line to the boss. I would be able to work out a proposition, put it in front of him, and say, ‘See! That’s it!’

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