Jose Andres Puerta Quotes

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

I'm a great believer in the beauty and the power of surprise.

Blowing people's minds is one of my favorite things to do.

We're really happy. It still kind of blows my mind that people watch the show!

I love to be surprised.

People never cease to amaze me.

Eating is one of the great pleasures of life.

Good God what a fine sight. I had no conception that there was such a scene in the world, and to find it in my own dominions.

I want to surprise people with my work every time.

If you are seeing something for the first time, one of your first reactions should be fascination.

Sometimes you find something new, and you just say, 'Wow.'

O amazement of things-even the least particle!

I'm dumbfounded by me all the time. Wow! What a.... thrill.....and a joy

A stranger here Strange things doth meet, strange glories see; Strange treasures lodged in this fair world appear, Strange all, and new to me. But that they mine should be, who nothing was, That strangest is of all, yet brought to pass.

Stuff your eyes with wonder.

It's this mood, these sentiments - the excitement of exploration and the surprises and delights of travel to foreign locales - that I hope to inspire with this book.

This is an evening of wonders, indeed!

The artist brain is the sensory brain: sight and sound, smell and taste, touch. These are the elements of magic, and magic is the elemental stuff of art. In filling the well, think magic. Think delight. Think fun. Do not think duty. Do not do what you should do-spiritual sit-ups like reading a dull but recommended critical text. Do what intrigues you, explore what interests you; think mystery, not mastery.

Every once in a while, a cookbook comes along that simply knocks me out.

In a strange city, I connect through food and fantasy.

Astonishment is the proper response to reality.

What surprises you in life? The marvel of consciousness -- that sudden window swinging open on a sunlit landscape amidts the night of non-being.

Everything just blows me away.