Ferdinand Porsche Professions : Automotive Engineer Born : September 3, 1875 Died : January 30, 1951 Browse All Authors Top 13 quotes by Ferdinand Porsche 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. Ferdinand Porsche ends race process I couldn't find the sports car of my dreams, so I built it myself. Ferdinand Porsche car dream sports If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself. Ferdinand Porsche failure doe mistake Change is easy. Improvement is far more difficult Ferdinand Porsche difficult improvement easy Design must be functional and functionality must be translated into visual aesthetics, without any reliance on gimmicks that have to be explained. Ferdinand Porsche aesthetics gimmicks design In the beginning I looked around and, not finding the automobile of my dreams, decided to build it myself. Ferdinand Porsche automobile findings dream 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 Ferdinand Porsche numbers ideas moving Porsche....there is no substitute Ferdinand Porsche porsche substitutes The perfect racing car crosses the finish line first and subsequently falls into its component parts. Ferdinand Porsche car perfect fall We as a family are responsible for Volkswagen, in this matter, our families, regardless of what generation, are absolutely unanimous. Ferdinand Porsche business A formally harmonious product needs no decoration; it should be elevated through pure form. Ferdinand Porsche product through pure decoration Good design should be honest. Ferdinand Porsche good honest design should I came into the world at the same time as the auto, if you will. Ferdinand Porsche will you time world