--- title: "18 Cooks Quotes By Julia Child" description: "18 Cooks quotes by Julia Child. Plus more from Julia Child and more Cooks sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ed/julia-child-1522_complicated_you-don-t-have-to-cook-fancy-or-complica_2577585.jpg" --- > [You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/you-don-t-have-to-cook-fancy-or-complicated-masterpieces-just-good/) [Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ed/julia-child-1522_complicated_you-don-t-have-to-cook-fancy-or-complica_2577585.jpg) > [If you're not ready to fail, you're not going to learn how to cook.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/if-you-re-not-ready-to-fail-you-re-not-going-to-learn-how-to-cook/) [Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cf/julia-child-1522_cooks_if-you-re-not-ready-to-fail-you-re-not-g_1844131.jpg) > [Good french cooking cannot be produced by a zombie cook.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/good-french-cooking-cannot-be-produced-by-a-zombie-cook/) [Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f3/julia-child-1522_cooking_good-french-cooking-cannot-be-produced-b_3010664.jpg) > [...no one is born a great cook, one learns by doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/no-one-is-born-a-great-cook-one-learns-by-doing/) [Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c1/julia-child-1522_born_no-one-is-born-a-great-cook-one-learns-b_2643145.jpg) > [One of the important requirements for learning how to cook is that you also learn how to eat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/one-of-the-important-requirements-for-learning-how-to-cook-is-that/) [Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55f/julia-child-1522_cooks_one-of-the-important-requirements-for-le_1817898.jpg) > [You have to eat to cook. You can't be a good cook and be a noneater. I think eating is the secret…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/you-have-to-eat-to-cook-you-can-t-be-a-good-cook-and-be-a-noneater-i/) [Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79c/julia-child-1522_cook_you-have-to-eat-to-cook-you-can-t-be-a-g_2648226.jpg) > [I think careful cooking is love, don't you? The loveliest thing you can cook for someone who's close to you is about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/i-think-careful-cooking-is-love-don-t-you-the-loveliest-thing-you-can/) [Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/942/julia-child-1522_careful_i-think-careful-cooking-is-love-don-t-yo_1292468.jpg) > [This is my invariable advice to people: Learn how to cook- try new recipes, learn from your mistakes, be fearless, and above…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/this-is-my-invariable-advice-to-people-learn-how-to-cook-try-new/) [Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8c/julia-child-1522_advice_this-is-my-invariable-advice-to-people-l_278903.jpg) > [Noncooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, so is the ballet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/noncooks-think-it-s-silly-to-invest-two-hours-work-in-two-minutes/) [Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/023/julia-child-1522_ballet_noncooks-think-it-s-silly-to-invest-two_732745.jpg) > [Of course I made many boo-boos. At first this broke my heart, but then I came to understand that learning how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/of-course-i-made-many-boo-boos-at-first-this-broke-my-heart-but-then/) [Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fb/julia-child-1522_becoming_of-course-i-made-many-boo-boos-at-first_1626358.jpg) > [There is nothing nicer than a kitchen really made for a cook. Things that are designed to be used always have an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/there-is-nothing-nicer-than-a-kitchen-really-made-for-a-cook-things/) [Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb5/julia-child-1522_beauty_there-is-nothing-nicer-than-a-kitchen-re_2352502.jpg) > [You learn to cook so that you don't have to be a slave to recipes. You get what's in season and you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/you-learn-to-cook-so-that-you-don-t-have-to-be-a-slave-to-recipes-you/) [Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed2/julia-child-1522_be-a-slave_you-learn-to-cook-so-that-you-don-t-have_2956075.jpg) > [Because I've done a lot of television, I'm sort of a generalist. I'm not a pastry cook, but I've had to learn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/because-i-ve-done-a-lot-of-television-i-m-sort-of-a-generalist-i-m/) [Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b01/julia-child-1522_amount_because-i-ve-done-a-lot-of-television-i_2730084.jpg) > [The problem for cookery-bookery writers like me is to understand the extent of our readers' experience. I hope have solved that riddle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/the-problem-for-cookery-bookery-writers-like-me-is-to-understand-the/) [Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86d/julia-child-1522_book_the-problem-for-cookery-bookery-writers_2362172.jpg) > [Too much trouble,' 'Too expensive,' or 'Who will know the difference' are death knells for good food. ... Cooking is not a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/too-much-trouble-too-expensive-or-who-will-know-the-difference-are/) [Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff4/julia-child-1522_art_too-much-trouble-too-expensive-or-who-wi_488184.jpg) > [Be a fearless cook! Try out new ideas and new recipes, but always buy the freshest and finest ingredients, whatever they may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/be-a-fearless-cook-try-out-new-ideas-and-new-recipes-but-always-buy/) [Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/233/julia-child-1522_cook_be-a-fearless-cook-try-out-new-ideas-and_2473680.jpg) > [Learn how to cook! That's the way to save money. You don't save it buying hamburger helpers, and prepared foods; you save…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/learn-how-to-cook-that-s-the-way-to-save-money-you-don-t-save-it/) [Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/096/julia-child-1522_buying_learn-how-to-cook-that-s-the-way-to-save_116127.jpg) > [I don't believe in twisting yourself into knots of excuses and explanations over the food you make… Usually one's cooking is better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/i-don-t-believe-in-twisting-yourself-into-knots-of-excuses-and-2/) [Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04e/julia-child-1522_bears_i-don-t-believe-in-twisting-yourself-int_1734290.jpg) ## Other authors on Cooks ## More by Julia Child > [I had my first French meal and I never got over it. It was just marvelous. We had oysters and a lovely dry white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/i-had-my-first-french-meal-and-i-never-got-over-it-it-was-just/) [Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/) > [If you are going to flip something, you must have the courage of your convictions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/if-you-are-going-to-flip-something-you-must-have-the-courage-of-your/) [Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/) > [My father was in real estate, banking, and land management. As family life, it was very conventional, happy, and comfortable. We weren't wealthy, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/my-father-was-in-real-estate-banking-and-land-management-as-family/) [Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/) > [I never feel lonely in the kitchen. Food is very friendly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/i-never-feel-lonely-in-the-kitchen-food-is-very-friendly/) [Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/) > [We are so bemused by our own petard, that we are unable to look at things objectively.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/we-are-so-bemused-by-our-own-petard-that-we-are-unable-to-look-at/) [Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/) > [If you're buying tomatoes pick them up and smell them-they should have a lovely perfume. They need to be kept at fifty degrees or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/if-you-re-buying-tomatoes-pick-them-up-and-smell-them-they-should/) [Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/) > [The perfect dressing is essential to the perfect salad, and I see no reason whatsoever for using a bottled dressing, which may have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/the-perfect-dressing-is-essential-to-the-perfect-salad-and-i-see-no/) [Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/) > [I think one of the terrible things today is that people have this deathly fear of food: fear of eggs, say, or fear of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/i-think-one-of-the-terrible-things-today-is-that-people-have-this/) [Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/) > [“Standing up through the Citroen's open sunroof, my six-foot-three-inch, red-cheeked sister pointed a long, trembling finger at the perpetrator and with maximum indignation yelled:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/standing-up-through-the-citroen-s-open-sunroof-my-six-foot-three-inch/) [Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/) > [The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/the-only-real-stumbling-block-is-fear-of-failure-in-cooking-you-ve/) [Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/) > [In the 1960s, you could eat anything you wanted, and of course, people were smoking cigarettes and all kinds of things, and there was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/in-the-1960s-you-could-eat-anything-you-wanted-and-of-course-people/) [Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/) > [I was kind of an innocent hayseed from a middle-class, utterly nonintellectual background.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/i-was-kind-of-an-innocent-hayseed-from-a-middle-class-utterly/) [Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/) > [There are only four great arts: music, painting, sculpture, and ornamental pastry- architecture being perhaps the least banal derivative of the latter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/there-are-only-four-great-arts-music-painting-sculpture-and/) [Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/) > [“It was fun, although we felt like pawns, or prawns, in the maelstrom.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/it-was-fun-although-we-felt-like-pawns-or-prawns-in-the-maelstrom/) [Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/) > [Many of the delicious soups you eat in French homes and little restaurants are made just this way, with a leek-and-potato base to which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/many-of-the-delicious-soups-you-eat-in-french-homes-and-little/) [Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cooks/julia-child/#itemlist", "name": "18 Cooks Quotes By Julia Child", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - 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