When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job, I feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.

Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable.

There are three creativities: creativity in technology, in product planning, and in marketing. To have any one of these without the others is self defeating in business.

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.

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.

My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.