There are many people who claim to be good cooks; just as there are many people who, after having repainted the garden gate take themselves to be painters.

Every morning the cuisinier must start again at zero, with nothing on the stove. That is what real cuisine is all about.

I'm not hard to please, I'm content with the very best.

If he is thin, I will probably dine poorly. If he is both thin and sad, the only hope is in flight.

Cuisine is not invariable like a Codex formula. But one must guard against tampering with the essential bases.

A good apprentice cook must be as polite with the dishwasher as with the chef.

In all professions without doubt, but certainly in cooking one is a student all his life.