We had a happy marriage because we were together all the time. We were friends as well as husband and wife. We just had a good time.
Julia ChildRead
The best way to execute French cooking is to get good and loaded and whack the hell out of a chicken.
Interpretation
This quote humorously suggests that successful cooking requires both skill and an enthusiastic, carefree approach.
Julia Child's quote emphasizes that mastering the art of French cooking involves a combination of technique and a playful spirit. It suggests that the process can be enjoyable and should be approached with a sense of humor, even if it means being a bit unconventional or messy in the kitchen.
In practice
In a cooking class, when discussing creativity in the kitchen.
We had a happy marriage because we were together all the time. We were friends as well as husband and wife. We just had a good time.
The egg can be your best friend if you just give it the right break
I always give my bird a generous butter massage before I put it in the oven. Why? Because I think the chicken likes it -- and, more important, I like to give it.
Upon reflection, I decided I had three main weaknesses: I was confused (evidenced by a lack of facts, an inability to coordinate my thoughts, and an inability to verbalize my ideas); I had a lack of confidence, which cause me to back down from forcefully stated positions; and I was overly emotional at the expense of careful, 'scientific' though. I was thirty-seven years old and still discovering who I was.
Wine is one of the agreeable and essential ingredients of life
Noncooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, so is the ballet.
I began to exercise a lot of cinematic muscle with the precepts I had learned in the New York art world. Film was intriguing. I began to think of art as elitist; film was not.
When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.
When you draw a nude, sketch the whole figure and nicely fit the members to it and to each other. Even though you may only finish one portion of the drawing, just make certain that all the parts hang together, so that the study will be useful to you in the future.
Film should be looked at straight on; it is not the art of scholars but of illiterates.
I heard someone from the music business saying they are no longer looking for talent, they want people with a certain look and a willingness to cooperate. I thought, that's interesting, because I believe a total unwillingness to cooperate is what is necessary to be an artist β not for perverse reasons, but to protect your vision. The considerations of a corporation, especially now, have nothing to do with art or music. That's why I spend my time now painting.
A 90-minute time frame is not long enough to tell a good female story, and that's why long-format television has become so great for female storytelling and for female performers and directors and writers.
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