Curiosity is the key to creativity..

I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion..

The important thing in my view is not to pin the blame for a mistake on somebody, but rather to find out what caused the mistake..

Never break another man's rice bowl..

A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management..

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

If you don't want Japan to buy it, don't sell it..

I believe it is a big mistake to think that money is the only way to compensate a person for his work. People need money, but they also want to be ha….

Once you have a staff of prepared, intelligent, and energetic people, the next step is to motivate them to be creative..

My chief job is to constantly stir or rekindle the curiosity of people that gets driven out by bureaucracy and formal schooling systems..

We don't believe in market research for a new product unknown to the public. So we never do any..

We want everybody to have the best facilities in which to work, but we do not believe in posh and impressive private offices..

Of course we have to make a profit, but we have to make a profit over the long haul, not just the short term, and that means we must keep investing i….

Amenities are not of great concern to management in Japan..

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..

But make sure you don't make the same mistake twice..

Management of an industrial company must be giving targets to the engineers constantly; that may be the most important job management has in dealing ….

I often say to my assistants, "Never trust anybody," but what I mean is that you should never trust someone else to do a job exactly the way you woul….

Americans make money by playing `money games,' namely mergers, acquisitions, by simply moving money back and forth ... instead of creating and produc….

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

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.….