Invention lies not in knowledge itself but in the ingenuity to apply it.

発明は知識そのものよりも、それを活用する工夫にある

Sakichi Toyoda

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Sakichi Toyoda

Self-taught inventor born in 1867, Sakichi Toyoda created the automatic loom and jidoka. His patent sale to Britain funded his son's car venture, seeding Toyota. He held 84 patents.

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Open the shoji screen and look outside; the world is vast.

Think on the shop floor; act on the shop floor.

Do not think about a hundred things at once; think a hundred times about one thing.

Ask why five times.

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