「私は人生が知的なものだと信じている。物事はランダムではない。」
“I believe life is an intelligent thing: that things aren't random.”
「ここにいる全員が、今この瞬間が未来に影響を与えている瞬間だと感じている。」
“Everyone here has the sense that right now is one of those moments when we are influencing the future.”
「革新を起こそうとすると、時には間違いを犯すこともある。大切なのは、すぐにそれを認め、他の革新を改善することに専念することだ。」
“Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.”
“Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these thin...”
“That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.”
“Japan's very interesting. Some people think it copies things. I don't think that anymore. I think what they do is reinvent things. They will get something that's already been invented and study it until they thoroughly understand it. In som...”
“Things don't have to change the world to be important.”
“For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I ...”
「デザインとは、単に見た目や手触りのことではない。デザインとは、どう機能するかだ。」
“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”
「ビジネスにおける偉大なことは、決して一人では成し遂げられない。チームによって成し遂げられるのだ。」
“Great things in business are never done by one person. They're done by a team of people.”
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't...”
“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That's because they wer...”
“You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This...”
「道具を信じているのではない。道具はただの道具だ。機能するか、しないかだ。信じるべきは人間だ。ああ、もちろん、私はまだ楽観的だよ。時々悲観的になることもあるが、長くは続かない。」
“It's not the tools that you have faith in - tools are just tools. They work, or they don't work. It's people you have faith in or not. Yeah, sure, I'm still optimistic I mean, I get pessimistic sometimes but not for long.”
「年配者は座って「これは何だ？」と尋ねるが、少年は「これで何ができる？」と尋ねる。」
“Older people sit down and ask, 'What is it?' but the boy asks, 'What can I do with it?'.”
「人生で私のお気に入りのものにお金はかからない。私たちが持つ最も貴重な資源が「時間」であることは、極めて明らかだ。」
“My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.”
「テクノロジーは二の次だ。重要なのは、人間は基本的に善良で賢いという信頼を持つことであり、彼らに道具を与えれば、それを使って素晴らしいことをしてくれると信じることだ。」
“Technology is nothing. What's important is that you have a faith in people, that they're basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they'll do wonderful things with them.”
「テクノロジーを信じているのではない。人間を信じているのだ。」
“It's not a faith in technology. It's faith in people.”