Alec Issigonis quotes
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“The public don't know what they want; it's my job to tell them.”
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“I feel very, very proud that so many people have copied me”
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“An expert is someone who tells you why you can't do something.”
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“A camel is a horse designed by committee.”
-- Alec IssigonisSource : Gordon R. Dickson (1978). “The Far Call”
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“It is much easier to drive without having an accident.”
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“My doodles and sketches are not the work of an academic engineer. They represent many years of design study in attempts to produce the best value for money in the field of small car design.”
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“A camel looks like a horse that was planned by a committee.”
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“I've always felt that stylists such as you have in America are ashamed of a car and are preoccupied with making it look like something else, like a submarine or an airship...As an engineer, I revolt against this.”
-- Alec IssigonisSource : "Alec Issigonis Dies; Auto Designer, 81, Introduced the Mini" by Constance L. Hays, www.nytimes.com. 1988.
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Source : "The Doctrine of Chances: Or, A Method of Calculating the Probabilities of Events in Play".
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“God does not so much want us to do things as to let people see what He can do.”
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“Our society covers these problems with a veil. All I want is an open discussion”
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