Food is about being happy - at a table, thats probably where we spend most of our happiest hours.

Risk is to do something that 99 percent of the time would be a failure.

You can see it on the Internet now. New society demands that people share their knowledge. It's asking multimillionaires to share their money and creative people to share their creativity. Whoever doesn't share their wealth, be it knowledge, money, or creativity, will be dead.

I have a drivers licence, but the truth is that I hardly ever drive. I prefer to get around by taxi.

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.

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

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.