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" California is lucky, the East Coast is lucky because we get great seafood and a lot of produce from Florida, locally in good weather, but in the winter we have to buy it. "

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" When I am about to have a difficult project, I dream I am climbing a mountain. When everything is going fine, I dream I am going down the mountain. "

Eric Ripert

I Am

Mountain

Down

" I see a lot of people who change careers in the middle of their life and they think it's a good idea to come in the kitchen. "

" I'm fascinated by Japanese cuisine. "

" I am totally anti-technology. "

Eric Ripert

Totally

I Am

" Everybody wants to support his own region and economy and farming. If we can preserve the land and if we can preserve the ocean, we all know, deep inside that we're doing the right thing. "

" For me, I do not wish to build an empire. "

Eric Ripert

Build

Wish

" Having sharp, great knives will enable you to cook very precisely. Knife skills are essential in cooking. "

" I am not a picture guy. I like to live in the present and keep the image of the past vivid in my mind. I don't need the precision of the picture. "

" A lot of foreign people say, when asking about eating habits, 'What is your guilty pleasure?' I have no guilt. Whatever I do, I enjoy and it's the point. I think if you start to feel guilty about it, that's a problem. So, no guilty pleasures. I have pleasure and no guilt at all. "

" I'm very inspired by other cultures and very often use what I perceive to be exotic ingredients. "

" You don't become a chef to become famous. "

" Factory farming's evil; you know that. "

" Nobody wants an ugly book. "

" If you can't think like an onion or a carrot or a tomato, you may be a technician, but you won't understand what you're doing, and your dish will be flat. "

" I am a Buddhist, therefore I should not be collecting anything - however, I have a collection of Buddhas. I have a lot of them. "

" To me, it's very important to have time at the restaurant but also time with family and time for myself. "

Eric Ripert

Time

Myself

" I like working in silence. "

Eric Ripert

Working

Silence

" Cooks build muscles; we can stand all day long on our feet and not feel the pain. "

" I never pressure myself to do something I don't want to do. "

" The nature of human beings is to eat meat and fruits and vegetables, and therefore we have to kill animals. I don't have a problem with that. But it's a sacred moment. It's a gift of life. "

" One thing I don't like is complaints. "

Eric Ripert

Thing

One Thing

" The Cheesecake Factory's not that bad. "

" When you are 25, 30, you know, you have no responsibility, no mortgage, no kids, no retirement to think about, nothing. "

" I don't think I have an obsession, however I do eat chocolate every day. "

" I just find the world very exciting and beautiful everywhere. "

" A lot of people believe that when you are Buddhist, you are the Dalai Lama. I'm certainly not. "

" I like very much Louis Vuitton. My wife loves it too. "

" I am convinced that if you serve great value, people will come to you. "

" I don't like it when I go to a restaurant and I'm lectured from the menu. "

Eric Ripert

Restaurant

" It took me all my life to learn how to salt a tomato. "

Eric Ripert

Tomato

My Life