Julia Child

When you flip anything, you really... you just have to have the courage of your convictions.

Noncooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, so is the ballet.

Some people like to paint pictures, or do gardening, or build a boat in the basement. Other people get a tremendous pleasure out of the kitchen, because cooking is just as creative and imaginative an activity as drawing, or wood carving, or music.

It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it.

Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.

I think the inner person is the most important. . . . I would like to see an invention that keeps the mind alert. That's what is important.

Non cooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, well, so is the ballet.

I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.