“Americans make money by playing `money games,’ namely mergers, acquisitions, by simply moving money back and forth … instead of creating and producing goods with some actual value.”

Whether we succeed or not depends on the strength of our resolve and the amount of our endeavor.

From a management standpoint, it is very important to know how to unleash people’s inborn creativity.

Every action analysed and every responsibility assigned by an organisation chart.

People need money, but they also want to be happy in their work and proud of it.

To gain profit is important, but you must invest to build up assets that you can cash in in the future.

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

An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.

All you need is the best product in the world, the most efficient production in the world and global marketing.

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

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 in research and development.

More people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods.

There are three creativities: creativity in technology, in product planning, and in marketing.

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

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

In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues.

I consider it my job to nurture the creativity of the people I work with because at Sony we know that a terrific idea is more likely to happen in an open, free and trusting atmosphere than when everything is calculated.

God never got around to creating a substitute for experience.

By creating so many illusory images of physical perfection.

The guy who knows about computers is the last person you want to have creating documentation for people who don’t understand computers.

This perfection is the restoration of man to the state of holiness from which he fell, by creating him anew in Christ Jesus, and restoring to him that image and likeness of God which he has lost.

We have to find ways to support creative people because the only way we are going to improve our laws… is by creating our way out of it.

When creating a business, does renting an office space now mean that you’re producing goods, training staff and generating revenues?

Creating something new is easy, creating something that lasts is the challenge.

There is no greater joy in life than the joy of creating something.