You can be totally rational with a machine. But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.

From a management standpoint, it is very important to know how to unleash people's inborn creativity. My concept is that anybody has creative ability, but very few people know how to use it.

We all learn by imitating, as children, as students, as novices in the world of business. And then we grow up and learn to blend our innate abilities with the rules or principles we have learned.

If we face recession, we should not lay off employees; the company should sacrifice a profit. It's management's risk and management's responsibility. Employees are not guilty; why should they suffer?

Our plan is to lead the public with new products rather than ask them what kind of products they want.

The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.

I knew we needed a weapon to break through to the US market, and it had to be something different, something that nobody else was making.