QuoteProject
Cooking is not a craft to get into for money. The money may come, or it may not. But you must get into it for the craft and the culture.
Roy Choi
ShareWTF𝕏

Interpretation

What this quote means

Cooking should be pursued for passion and culture rather than for financial gain.

In this quote, Roy Choi emphasizes that the essence of cooking lies in the appreciation of the art and culture surrounding it, rather than the potential for monetary reward. It suggests that true fulfillment in cooking comes from the creativity and traditions involved, which enrich the experience far beyond any financial incentives.

Themes

CookingPassionCultureArtCreativity

In practice

Example use cases

This quote can be shared during a cooking class to inspire students about the importance of passion in culinary arts.

More from Roy Choi

I realized why I can cook for different environments. Because of everything I've gone through growing up. Why can I cook for a Hollywood event without blinking an eye? Because I cooked at the Beverly Hilton and because I moved to Villa Park. Why can I cook for kids on Hollywood Boulevard at night? Because I went through it.
Roy ChoiRead

Similar quotes

I've always believed that a dance evening energizes an audience, that an audience goes out feeling chemically stronger and more optimistic. This is what I understand about dance. And this is an important thing. We need this. Our culture needs it.
Twyla TharpRead
I don't write for children. I write and someone says it's for children.
Maurice SendakRead
A film that aims low should not be praised for hitting that target.
Gene SiskelRead
I was the shadow of the waxwing slain By the false azure in the windowpane; I was the smudge of ashen fluff -and I Lived on, flew on, in the reflected sky. And from the inside, too, I'd duplicate Myself, my lamp, an apple on a plate: Uncurtaining the night, I'd let dark glass Hang all the furniture above the grass, And how delightful when a fall of snow Covered my glimpse of lawn and reached up so As to make chair and bed exactly stand Upon that snow, out in that crystal land!
Vladimir NabokovRead
I'd like to get something together - like a Handel, Bach, Muddy waters, flamenco type of thing. If I could get that sound, I'd be happy
Jimi HendrixRead
Dancers today can do anything; the technique is phenomenal. The passion and the meaning to their movement can be another thing.
Martha GrahamRead

A little wisdom, now and then

Subscribe for the occasional hand-picked quote. No noise.

Quote by Roy Choi | QuoteProject