I had a very normal childhood, and my mother cooked very normal food.

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

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

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

If you think well, you cook well.

I'm not a materialist, I don't care for things. I don't like cars, I hate things that can be exploited. I live a simple life. The only luxuries I have in my life are travel and food.

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 opportunity to do so.

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

You need an entire life just to know about tomatoes.

Our kitchen is a kitchen that makes food designed to be tasted with the five senses and it requires concentration to appreciate all that we want to express.

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 since I started cooking.

Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world.

What I don't like are pompous, pretentious movies.

The art of diplomacy is to take an opportunity and turn it into something.

I'm not allowed to be as liberal as I would like to be, you know? I'd do a lot more damage if I could!

I'm the ultimate organizer! My major at Stanford was "Organizational Behavior" so I love to multi-task and stay extra busy.

Discover how little you know about the people you know.

Veneration of Mark Twain is one of the roots of our current intellectual stalemate.

I am very confident that we will be able to convince all the stakeholders - the shareholders, the governments and the employees, that this is in their best interests.

Success needs to be measured according to the ambitions and the resources of each designer. And many aren't interested in being a megabrand.

Boundless intemperance In nature is a tyranny. It hath been Th' untimely emptying of the happy throne And fall of many kings.