What makes the food that we do at Alinea so interesting on the outside is that we really don't let ourselves say no to an idea.

It's not really the life of cooking that's hard - it's what you make of it and what level you push yourself to.

Anything that could ever prevent me from achieving a goal, I put in a box, tape it up, throw it over my shoulder. You aim for a goal and attain it. Then you look to the next one.

Food can be expressive and therefore food can be art.

Food is a necessary component to life. People can live without Renoir, Mozart, Gaudi, Beckett, but they cannot live without food.

My personality was always such that I always look straight forward, never behind or to the side.

I had D minuses in chemistry and all of the sciences, and now I'm known as a molecular gastronomist.

We all eat two to six times a day. Why? Because we are supposed to, we are programmed to, we want to.

To me, every kitchen appliance is useful and nothing's overrated. When I look at my little espresso machine, I don't see coffee. I see a steaming valve as an opportunity to make amazing creme brulee.

Most smoked salts are made with liquid smoke, which is a condensate, but really, really good smoked salt is literally smoked.

Over the years, Céline Labaune has been constantly seeking to source the highest quality truffles; her diligence and expertise truly set her apart.

For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.

Liberty! -- Electric word!

Our lifetime may be the last that will be lived out in a technological society.

Video artists being at the low end of the totem pole economically, one of the ways we survive is to go around showing work and giving these talks.

There are no crown-wearers in heaven who were not cross-bearers here below.

Painting, drawing - I'm really into photography, I've done it since high school.

Ah Fortune, what god is more cruel to us than thou! How thou delightest ever to make sport of human life!

Love is great for us, but we don't always love who is great for us.

He who falls obstinate in his courage, if he falls he fights from his knees.

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.