Ferran Adria quotes

I have a driver's licence, but the truth is that I hardly ever drive. I prefer to get around by taxi. (Ferran Adria)
Risk is to do something that 99 percent of the time would be a failure.
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Everywhere the sky is blue. There are a multitude of cuisines and dishes. I think of them as the languages and dialects of food.
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Innovation, being avant garde, is always polemic.
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I don't worry about the things I can't change.
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I cant live without activity; I cant be sedentary.
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For me to go to a restaurant and eat something that is not only good, but totally new, is a double thrill. Double the enjoyment.
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I am not a multimillionaire. I dont own a yacht or a Ferrari. I live in a 60-square- metre flat. My needs are simple.
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The menu de degustation is the finest expression of avant-garde cooking.
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I had a very normal childhood, and my mother cooked very normal food.
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I was 18 when I first started working at a restaurant. I was a dishwasher. I only got the job because I wanted to go to Ibiza for vacation, and washing dishes was the only job I could find. (Ferran Adria)
I don't read books regularly, because I'm always writing them. I've written 30 books, thousands of pages.
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I don't dream at night; life has given me the stuff I need to be able to dream during the day. I'm very lucky.
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When we're ill, one of the last things we have that we can enjoy is food.
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Food is about being happy - at a table, thats probably where we spend most of our happiest hours.
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Remember that a very good sardine is always preferable to a not that good lobster.
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You need an entire life just to know about tomatoes.
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I use the kitchen as a pathway to achieve this happiness.
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Creativity means not copying.
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If you think well, you cook well.
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There is not a good or a bad cuisine, just the one you like the best. (Ferran Adria)
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, ask people who can't eat salt.
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You cannot get an influence from the cuisine of a country if you don't understand it. You've got to study it.
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What you feel like eating at any given moment is what you should have.
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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.
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