You don't know when inspiration is going to come. But you have to be aware of what's going on around you, so that at any moment, when inspiration happens, you're ready for it and you interpret it.
Thomas KellerLet's face it: if you and I have the same capabilities, the same energy, the same staff, if the only thing that's different between you and me is the products we can get, and I can get a better product than you, I'm going to be a better chef.
Thomas KellerWith passion, if you see the first asparagus of the springtime and you become passionate about it, so much the better, but three weeks later, when youโve seen that asparagus every day now, passions have subsided. Whatโs going to make you treat the asparagus the same? Itโs the desire.
Thomas Keller