Enzo Ferrari Quotes
110 Enzo Ferrari Quotes (Ferrari Quotes)
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I want to build a car that’s faster than all of them…
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To build a car… that flies without leaving the ground…
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Aerodynamics is for those who cannot manufacture good engines.
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I married the 12 cylinder engine and I never divorced it.
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I have always loved the sound of the engine…
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The demands of mass production are contrary to my temperament…
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I should like to put something new into my cars every morning – an inclination that terrifies my staff.
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Bad luck does not exist.
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A man has no need of entertainment. Entertainment only distracts from his duty. If a man has his duty, that is enough.
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The constructor remembers all his errors…
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[As a child] I will be a racing driver. [His father then beat him and said ‘You must become an engineer!’]
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[After serving in World War I] No money, no experience, limited education. All I had was a passion to get somewhere.
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[On the most important race victory the team had achieved] That which is yet to be won.
The one which I have not yet achieved.
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[On which Ferrari model he liked the most] That which is yet to be built.
The car which I have not yet created.
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My cars must be beautiful.
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I am convinced, that when a man tells a woman he loves her, he only means that he desires her; and that the only total love in this world is that of a father for his son.
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In Modena… there is a species of psychosis for racing cars.
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It is… not so much inventions which are needed as conscientious elaboration.
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All the innovations learnt from racing experience can find practical application in the normal production models…
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If I am unable to see the defects in the machines I create myself, how can I see properly into myself?
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I think of myself as constantly realizing a childhood dream.
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When they are good ideas, they will work.
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[To Ferruccio Lamborghini] I build sports cars, you build tractors. You should stick to building tractors.
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When I see a car which uses one litre or 1.2 litres of fuel for every kilometre it travels, I ask myself, ‘Is this a racing car or is it a tank wagon?’
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[On what has been his philosophy in designing his machines] I should say rather that I remember the first impression I had in 1919 of an American car which had raced at Indianapolis. It was a 12 cylinder Packard. From that moment I married the 12 cylinder engine and I never divorced it.
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[On John Surtees who turns up in his much-loved BMW] Beh, macchina tedesco – no, you must drive a Ferrari.
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[On Peppino not being at his side one day a year at Easter] When you need him, he’s never here.
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If you like this car, we’ll make it. If you don’t, we won’t.
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[As a young man] Who am I in this world?
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[His motto ‘Divide et imperare’] Divide and reign.
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I am not the designer. Other people do that. I am an agitator of men.
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[As a child sharing a bedroom with his brother over his father’s workshop] We were awakened in the morning by the ringing of hammers. My father… acted as the manager, the designer, the salesman and the typist of his firm all at the same time.
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[On the pink marble staircase in his parents house] The only luxury.
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[On his childhood ambitions – To be] an opera singer, a sports writer, and lastly a racing driver.
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I was alone. My father and my brother were no more…
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We found ourselves in a blizzard, and we were chased by wolves. They were put to flight, however, by shots from the revolver I always kept under the seat cushion, and by the arrival of a group of road gangers armed with torches and guns.
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[On being introduced to the mother of the late fighter ace in whose squadron his brother Dino had served] Countess Paolina [Baracca]. It was she who told me one day, ‘Ferrari, put the prancing horse of my son on your racing car. It will bring you luck.’ I still keep the photograph of Baracca with the dedication by the parents in which they entrusted me with the emblem. The horse was, and has remained, black, but I myself added the yellow background, this being the colour of Modena.
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What has instructed all of the world’s builders of safe, efficient cars? Auto racing. Any theory, any laboratory experiment needs practical support, and only the race can offer it because during the race the driver submits the car and its parts to intense, unpredictable, unthinkable testing.
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I picked up the torch laid down by Alfa Romeo in 1937.
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Equally valuable lessons are learned in defeat and victory.
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