摘錄

People think haute cuisine is snooty. So chef must also be snooty. But not so.

人們都認(rèn)為高級餐飲是高高在上的，所以廚師也都是很高高在上的。但并非如此。

We are artist,pirate. More than cooks we are.

我們是藝術(shù)家，海盜。然后再是廚師。

Anyone can cook.

人人能烹飪。

EGO: In many way,the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little, yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgement. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. But there are times when a critic truly risks something and that is in the discovery and defense of the new. The world is often unkind to new talent, new creations. The new needs friends.

在許多方面，評論家的工作很輕松。我們不怎么需要冒險，卻能享受比那些提供自身作品供我們評判的人高出一等的地位。我們熱衷于批評別人，寫者和讀者都覺得有趣。但我們批評家必須面對的苦澀事實是：總的來說，任何普通的垃圾食品都可能比我們對它的批評來得更有意義。但有時，評論家真正需要冒險的是發(fā)現(xiàn)和呵護(hù)新生事物。這世界對新天才，新創(chuàng)意常常太過刻薄。這些后起之秀需要朋友。

Not everyone can become a great artist. But a great artist can come from anywhere.

不是每個人都能成為偉大的藝術(shù)家，但偉大的藝術(shù)家可能來自任何地方。