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If I don't have pressure, I don't function.

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Ferran Adria
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: May 14
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You need an entire life just to know about tomatoes.
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I cant live without activity I cant be sedentary.
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We didnt create dishes. We create preparations to create many dishes.
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In an avant-garde cooking restaurant, it's the experience that's the difference.
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I had a very normal childhood, and my mother cooked very normal food.
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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.
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You may say, Oh, no. You can't touch a traditional recipe. But we ask: why can't you? Back in 1350, a vinaigrette was a stew, so we ask, why not? This can be applied to any kind of cooking, and that's the shocking part of it. It kind of bends all the traditions. It's a good thing.
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I don't worry about the things I can't change.
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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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Like all disciplines where information is shared and work contributes to their advancement, cuisine should be no different. The kitchen is our life, and we are available to share. We want to share our work so that future generations can cook and create a more efficient, easy and unquestionable quality.
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People wouldn't think of making avant-garde cuisine at home. When people play basketball at home, they can't play like Michael Jordan.
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When a customer receives a dish, they get food and design at the same time.
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When you talk about avant-garde cuisine, the surprise factor is really important. For example, I love looking at blogs and the photos, but I'm not that keen on other people taking photos of my dishes.
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I have a drivers licence, but the truth is that I hardly ever drive. I prefer to get around by taxi.
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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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I think my virtue was I never thought This is impossible.
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In my early days, I copied the great French chefs, like most chefs do. Copying is not bad. Copying and not recognizing that you are copying is bad. For me, when I go to a restaurant and am served a dish influenced by something we created at elBulli, if it's well done, it makes me extremely happy.
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At one point cinema and photography weren't treated as art. Now it's crazy to think they're not. The key question is What is art today? The most important artists of the last 20 years are Steve Jobs and Jonathan Ive, because the influence they have had is incredible and they've changed the world. That is art.
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