108 Quotes by Ferran Adria

People wouldn't think of making avant-garde cuisine at home. When people play basketball at home, they can't play like Michael Jordan.

Innovation, being avant garde, is always polemic.

We didnt create dishes. We create preparations to create many dishes.

There's so much information that there is disinformation.

We opened El Bulli; there were no secrets there. The recipes were not secret. Anybody who came, the recipes were there for them. This was unthinkable then.

You cannot get an influence from the cuisine of a country if you don't understand it. You've got to study it.

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

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.

There's a little treat I like a lot called Bollycao. It's like a brioche with chocolate inside, but industrial.