I never cook at home. After 15 hours at work, I don't have much of a desire to cook at home. I do eat at home, but it's always something simple. Raw nuts. Almonds, hazelnuts, pine nuts--these are marvelous products. I am, however, the type that likes to go out to eat a lot. I never tire of it.

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

The menu de degustation is the finest expression of avant-garde cooking.

El Bulli was created by 2,000 people that passed through it. And we didn't know that something big was happening. It was like a game in a way. You didn't really know how it was going to end up, and people who would leave, they would take a piece of it with them, but they would leave another piece behind.

I don't worry about the things I can't change.

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.

When I go to a fine dining restaurant, I'm excited and I do expect to find proposals to wake my senses.