1973 was the first gasoline crisis in the world. That year, I designed the first aerodynamic truck, eating 40 percent less fuel.… — Luigi Colani Copy Share Image
An architect has to build the building from the inside out, not the outside in! — Luigi Colani Copy Share Image
It took two years of me telling Canon engineers that a camera is a thing between the human hand and the human eye, so… — Luigi Colani Copy Share Image
The thing is, 75 percent of design today is absolutely outdated. It all has to be redesigned with the materials and knowledge that we… — Luigi Colani Copy Share Image
Everybody was inspired by the drawings and the wind tunnels and the race cars - but no one wanted to work with me because… — Luigi Colani Copy Share Image
You see, if you are 30 years ahead of your time, you will always have difficulty speaking with the bosses in the industry. They… — Luigi Colani Copy Share Image
I learned to ask myself questions like: Why is something made the way it is? Why does a motorcar look like it does? Is… — Luigi Colani Copy Share Image
If I had been president, I would have come out and declared: "Nothing there, ever! This place stays as it is. We make a… — Luigi Colani Copy Share Image
It isn't easy for me to have contact with the industry, because it is so outdated.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… — Luigi Colani Copy Share Image
America is very conservative. It is not a very modern country. If you look at the population, they are very serious, very nice, very… — Luigi Colani Copy Share Image
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… — Luigi Colani Copy Share Image
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… — Luigi Colani Copy Share Image
Everybody in Germany was for the -German cause. But then, after the war ended, when I heard the first Glenn Miller sound on the… — Luigi Colani Copy Share Image
