--- title: "2 General motors Quotes By Luigi Colani" description: "2 General motors quotes by Luigi Colani. Plus more from Luigi Colani and more General motors sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5f/luigi-colani-27562_building_it-isn-t-easy-for-me-to-have-contact-wit_1393010.jpg" --- > [It isn't easy for me to have contact with the industry, because it is so outdated. Look at General Motors, look at -Mercedes, look at Chrysler, look at Porsche, look at BMW . . . They are all building cars…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-colani/it-isn-t-easy-for-me-to-have-contact-with-the-industry-because-it-is/) [Luigi Colani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-colani/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5f/luigi-colani-27562_building_it-isn-t-easy-for-me-to-have-contact-wit_1393010.jpg) > [The world is super-stupid. You have by far the best designers in America! And you do the most stupid cars in the world! They put billions into their stupid designs for General Motors, Chrysler, Buick, or who knows what. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-colani/the-world-is-super-stupid-you-have-by-far-the-best-designers-in/) [Luigi Colani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-colani/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/537/luigi-colani-27562_age_the-world-is-super-stupid-you-have-by-fa_3044405.jpg) ## Other authors on General motors ## More by Luigi Colani > [An architect has to build the building from the inside out, not the outside in!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-colani/an-architect-has-to-build-the-building-from-the-inside-out-not-the/) [Luigi Colani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-colani/) > [It took two years of me telling Canon engineers that a camera is a thing between the human hand and the human eye, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-colani/it-took-two-years-of-me-telling-canon-engineers-that-a-camera-is-a/) [Luigi Colani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-colani/) > [The thing is, 75 percent of design today is absolutely outdated. It all has to be redesigned with the materials and knowledge that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-colani/the-thing-is-75-percent-of-design-today-is-absolutely-outdated-it-all/) [Luigi Colani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-colani/) > [Everybody was inspired by the drawings and the wind tunnels and the race cars - but no one wanted to work with me because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-colani/everybody-was-inspired-by-the-drawings-and-the-wind-tunnels-and-the/) [Luigi Colani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-colani/) > [You see, if you are 30 years ahead of your time, you will always have difficulty speaking with the bosses in the industry. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-colani/you-see-if-you-are-30-years-ahead-of-your-time-you-will-always-have/) [Luigi Colani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-colani/) > [I learned to ask myself questions like: Why is something made the way it is? Why does a motorcar look like it does? Is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-colani/i-learned-to-ask-myself-questions-like-why-is-something-made-the-way/) [Luigi Colani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-colani/) > [If I had been president, I would have come out and declared: "Nothing there, ever! This place stays as it is. We make a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-colani/if-i-had-been-president-i-would-have-come-out-and-declared-nothing/) [Luigi Colani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-colani/) > [It isn't easy for me to have contact with the industry, because it is so outdated. Look at General Motors, look at -Mercedes, look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-colani/it-isn-t-easy-for-me-to-have-contact-with-the-industry-because-it-is/) [Luigi Colani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-colani/) > [America is very conservative. It is not a very modern country. If you look at the population, they are very serious, very nice, very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-colani/america-is-very-conservative-it-is-not-a-very-modern-country-if-you/) [Luigi Colani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-colani/) > [I consider myself a 3-D philosopher. I am not a designer at all. I studied aerodynamics, I studied philosophy, I studied sculpture. High technology…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-colani/i-consider-myself-a-3-d-philosopher-i-am-not-a-designer-at-all-i/) [Luigi Colani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-colani/) > [The earth is round, all the heavenly bodies are round; they all move on round or elliptical orbits. This same image of circular globe-shaped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-colani/the-earth-is-round-all-the-heavenly-bodies-are-round-they-all-move-on/) [Luigi Colani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-colani/) > [Everybody in Germany was for the -German cause. But then, after the war ended, when I heard the first Glenn Miller sound on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-colani/everybody-in-germany-was-for-the-german-cause-but-then-after-the-war/) [Luigi Colani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-colani/) > [China came from a communist dictatorship of the ugliest kind to become a country which today has a smiling population. Things are getting better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-colani/china-came-from-a-communist-dictatorship-of-the-ugliest-kind-to/) [Luigi Colani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-colani/) > [Look at nature - look at birds, look at fish. Things that look good, work good. People don't get the message of ergonomics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-colani/look-at-nature-look-at-birds-look-at-fish-things-that-look-good-work/) [Luigi Colani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-colani/) > [1973 was the first gasoline crisis in the world. That year, I designed the first aerodynamic truck, eating 40 percent less fuel. I put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-colani/1973-was-the-first-gasoline-crisis-in-the-world-that-year-i-designed/) [Luigi Colani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-colani/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/general-motors/luigi-colani/#itemlist", "name": "2 General motors Quotes By Luigi Colani", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It isn't easy for me to have contact with the industry, because it is so outdated. Look at General Motors, look at -Mercedes, look at Chrysler, look at Porsche, look at BMW . . . They are all building cars from yesterday! Nobody has an idea how the car of tomorrow should look. I've built them already. 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