We need to think about what cooking is, what context it takes place in and what its relationship to the world of art is. If there were criticisms of ….

You need an entire life just to know about tomatoes..

You cannot get an influence from the cuisine of a country if you don't understand it. You've got to study it..

We didnt create dishes. We create preparations to create many dishes..

Everywhere the sky is blue. There are a multitude of cuisines and dishes. I think of them as the languages and dialects of food..

I don't worry about the things I can't change..

When people think science and cooking, they have no idea that it's not correctly expressed. We're actually applying the scientific method. People thi….

Remember that a very good sardine is always preferable to a not that good lobster..

Creativity means not copying..

In my early days, I copied the great French chefs, like most chefs do. Copying is not bad. Copying and not recognizing that you are copying is bad. F….

I use the kitchen as a pathway to achieve this happiness..

Salt is the only product that changes cuisine. There's a big difference between food that has salt and food without it. If you don't believe that, as….

People wouldn't think of making avant-garde cuisine at home. When people play basketball at home, they can't play like Michael Jordan..

If you think well, you cook well..

There is not a good or a bad cuisine, just the one you like the best..

I don't do my mother's cooking. Because I am a professional and she isn't. Even if she is a better cook..

Could you imagine people eating a painting - if they could introduce a painting into their bodies? It's probably the artist's dream, and we have the ….

What you feel like eating at any given moment is what you should have..

Food is about being happy - at a table, thats probably where we spend most of our happiest hours..

You can't please everyone, especially if you're doing very radical things at the vanguard of cooking. That's life; it's a polemic I've lived with sin….

I think my virtue was I never thought "This is impossible..