Henry Ford never made that quote about faster horses
Henry Ford is often quoted with the following saying:
“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.”
But fact-checking shows he never actually said these words, with the quote only first appearing many years after his death.
References
- Vlaskovits, Patrick. “Henry Ford, Innovation, and That ‘Faster Horse’ Quote” Harvard Business Review, August 29, 2011
- Quote Investigator. “My Customers Would Have Asked For a Faster Horse” July 28, 2011
- Howard, Adrian. “Faster Horses” adrianhoward.com, September 2, 2019