23 Quotes by Shuji Nakamura

The most important thing I learned at the University of Florida is that a Ph.D. and writing papers is very important in the United States.

A small company like Nichia should do niche products.

It is very satisfying to see that my dream of LED lighting has become a reality.

It's good to have high-quality competition. It helps drive research forward at a faster pace.

I wanted to quit Nichia. I didn't care about anything. It was OK for them to fire me. I was not afraid of anything.

If Japanese companies don't reform drastically and implement English as their daily business language, the economy will only continue to contract.

I'm not sure whether I could win a Nobel Prize or not, but the Nobel Committee called me, and, 'You got the Nobel Prize.' So, I was so, so happy, and I was so surprised.

I hope that energy-efficient LED light bulbs will help reduce energy use and lower the cost of lighting worldwide.

If I had gone to a big company, it would have been very difficult for me to do research freely. At a big company, say Sony, there are very, very good researchers. So I would have to ask them what I could do.