“… I remember I used to have a sign over my desk that read, "Alone" (in Russian). I was alone much of the time and that enabled me never to feel pressure to be like others or do what others did. I never felt I had to go along with the crowd. I've always felt separated enough so I could go my individual way.It's always been that way.

Influence from Azerbaijanis - obstinacy and tenacity. Not being afraid to get embroiled in controversy. That's very much a Turkish tradition. That's part of my character, too. I can be very stubborn. That's probably been beneficial for the development of Fuzzy Logic.

Knowing how the real world functions, I submitted my paper to Information and Control because I was a member of the Editorial Board. There was just one review-which was very lukewarm. I believe that my paper would have been rejected if i were not on the Editorial Board. Today, with over 26,000 Google Scholar citations, ,Fuzzy sets" is by far the highest cited paper in Information and Control.

Somedays, I'm pleased with the progress; sometimes not. C'est la vie! But basically, I don't have an egocentric view of myself. I never felt that I was an important person. I feel ordinary like anybody else. I have no feeling of importance. No such feeling whatsoever. I don't attach very much importance to who I am...”

Creator of Fuzzy Logic

Lotfi A. Zadeh

Blair, Betty. "Interview with Lotfi Zadeh, Creator of Fuzzy Logic". Azerbaijan International, Vol. 2:4 (Winter 1994), pp. 46

Lotfi A. Zadeh. “My life and work – a retrospective view”. Appl. Comput. Math., V.10, N.1, Special Issue, 2011, pp.4_9