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. — Shuji Nakamura Copy Share Image
I was so surprised because I'm not too sure whether I could win a Nobel Prize, you know, because basically, physics, it means that usually people was awarded for the invention of the basic theory. But in my case, not… — Shuji Nakamura Copy Share Image
You work to earn money. But in Japan, that idea has a bad image, and you're not supposed to say that. — Shuji Nakamura Copy Share Image
My dream was to work for one of the big electronics companies like Sony or Panasonic. — Shuji Nakamura Copy Share Image
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. — Shuji Nakamura Copy Share Image
If I had gone to a big company, it would have been very difficult for me to do research freely. At a big company,… — Shuji Nakamura Copy Share Image
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.'… — Shuji Nakamura Copy Share Image
I have been very fortunate to be supported by many people in my career. I also appreciate my personal friends, business friends, and my… — Shuji Nakamura Copy Share Image
It's good to have high-quality competition. It helps drive research forward at a faster pace. — Shuji Nakamura Copy Share Image
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… — Shuji Nakamura Copy Share Image
The LED light bulb is more than ten times the efficiency of regular incandescent lighting, so it can save the world hundreds of billions… — Shuji Nakamura Copy Share Image
I am thankful to Nichia Chemical Corporation and its founder Nobu Ogawa, who gave me the research opportunity to create a blue LED. — Shuji Nakamura Copy Share Image
Many researchers have joined the field and applied the LED to many new markets such as mobile phone screens, LED TV, and LED Lighting. — Shuji Nakamura Copy Share Image
The promise of energy savings, reduced carbon emissions and affordable lighting was there from the inception. The proliferation of the technology into areas such… — Shuji Nakamura Copy Share Image
The Japanese press likes me a lot, but the problem is the Japanese government. It's very bureaucratic. — Shuji Nakamura Copy Share Image
