1973 was the first gasoline crisis in the world. That year, I designed the first aerodynamic truck, eating 40 percent less fuel. I put it on exhibit …

- Luigi Colani

It is absolutely the central theme in my design philosophy - that life is erotic, period. The female body is one of the most extraordinary designs ev…

- 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The thing is, 75 percent of design today is absolutely outdated.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 now have. We kn…

- 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 are too conservative.

- Luigi Colani

An architect has to build the building from the inside out, not the outside in!

- Luigi Colani

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 …

- Luigi Colani

Well, sex is life. You know, if you don't do it anymore, you can take a spoon and go into the woods and dig yourself a hole and be finished! Eroticis…

- 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 o…

- 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 it right or wrong? What is an …

- Luigi Colani