El Bulli Quotes

#1. 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.

Ferran Adria

#2. When I came to El Bulli, right away I knew I was becoming part of something incredible. It was like watching the Big Bang happening right in front of me.

Jose Andres

#3. Throughout the history of el Bulli, there have been many changes in its organisation or philosophy. This is another one of those moments. There will be risk, and freedom, and creativity. But there won't be opening hours, or reservations, or routines.

Ferran Adria

#4. When people arrive at El Bulli, everybody goes through the kitchen. It's a way of making them feel at home. When they leave, the only thing I ask is whether they've been happy. Everything in between, I don't particularly care.

Ferran Adria

#5. We never have business meals at El Bulli. If it's about business, you're probably not paying much attention to the food.

Ferran Adria

#6. I have a secret passion for mercy. But justice is what keeps happening to people.

Ross Macdonald

#7. Nothing stings quite like an unanswered text message.

Paula Stokes

#8. When first love ends, most people eventually know there will be more to come. They are not through with love. Love is not through with them. It will never be the same as the first, but it will be better in different ways.

David Levithan

#9. I work on drawing as a final product.

Deanna Petherbridge

#10. I can make whatever choices I want in my life, and I will live with the consequences of those choices. But if I want to live a life close to my deepest desires, I have to risk knowing who I really am and have always been. Knowing this, then I can choose.

Oriah Mountain Dreamer

#11. Leadership must be likeable, affable, cordial, and above all emotional. The fashion of authoritarian leadership is gone. Football is about life. You can't be angry all day.

Vicente Del Bosque

#12. I'd love to do situation comedy - it's the best job in show business.

Patti LuPone

#13. Man's most serious activity is play.

George Santayana

#14. If I'm the poster boy for steroids, steroids is going out of business.

James Toney