Martin Winterkorn Quotes

Design - pure beauty - will be number one at Fisker Coachbuild. We want to bring beautiful, desirable cars to the market, limit the production of each model, and do so with the highest quality.

A custom-tailored suit retains a certain dignity about it.

Uber is efficiency with elegance on top. That's why I buy an iPhone instead of an average cell phone, why I go to a nice restaurant and pay a little bit more. It's for the experience.

I have some wonderful suits in my closet, a lovely car, some refined watches.

I'm always drooling over great design, from fashion to furniture.

Luxury and style have been key elements in all my projects.

I think the time is ripe for a return to the refinement of lifestyle that the pocket watch embodies. A personal pleasure that you know you have in your pocket, which requires an elegant gesture to use and show to others.

I want people to love to sit in my chairs. You gotta want the people to buy it because they love it.

Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one.

Now, personally, I like a car with some sort of character.

I'm a fan of designers and clothes that look beautiful, but more importantly, make me feel beautiful and confident. It's why I've always loved Stella McCartney, and more recently, Prabal Gurung. Their pieces are cool, yet timeless, and the fits are effortlessly flattering.

I try cars; I try them all. Cars need to be sexy, because we're not talking about biscuits here.

The idea behind our shoes is simple: they are as light as possible, very soft and made from the finest leather we can buy. We try to make a combination of something that looks fantastic and is at the same time fantastically comfortable. This is the type of luxury people want to buy now, things that they can use every day.

Men have got more of a discerning eye. They appreciate cut and details, things that aren't so obvious. They like things that have cachet and gentlemanliness.

I love the practicality of a good car. You know what I mean? And when I say 'practicality,' I mean the complete practicality of a Ferrari 458, a wonderfully fantastic every day car.

Honestly, I don't believe in menswear. I focus on what pieces are most timeless, transcendent, match my lifestyle, remain remarkable, and command intriguing attention across the room at an art gallery.

Shoes for men are about elegance or wealth; they are not playing with the inner character.

The thing that makes my clothes really different is that, number one, they are really great designs; they're not tacky; they are very professional; the design is made from lots of decisions.

Polo is about the aspirational lifestyle of the sporty person, on and off the field.

I like clothes that make me feel good. My favourite designers include Michelle Jonas and Dolce & Gabbana. Their clothes make me feel as if I'm Sophia Loren - really womanly.

Comfort? If a choice has to be made between style and comfort, style wins every time.

Most of our customers want something glamorous. They want to be looked at, but not for the wrong reasons.

With tailored clothing, you can really see where the money went. How it's constructed, how it fits your body - this becomes very apparent in tailored clothing.

A shirt's not just a shirt. It's the experience of what goes into that shirt.

Italian design is a global excellence, on a par with food, culture, cinema, and, more generally, lifestyle.