Letting go Quote by Rene Redzepi

Some natures are so sour and ungrateful that they are never to be obliged.

— Roger L'Estrange

I come from a farming culture, where we valued raw materials above all.

— Brunello Cucinelli

Through food, Ive become more interested in the protection of soil, the way things are grown, and biodiversity.

— Mary McCartney

How dare you treat your soil like dirt!

— Joel Salatin

Persons of genius, it is true, are, and are always likely to be, a small minority; but in order to have them, it is…

— John Stuart Mill

Men no longer love the soil. Landowners sell it, lease it, divide it into shares, prostitute it, bargain with it and treat it as…

— Tashunka Witko

Respect, of course is a tricky term. I may respect your gardening by just letting you get on with it. Or, I may respect…

— Simon Blackburn

And what a congress of stinks!- Roots ripe as old bait, Pulpy stems, rank, silo-rich, Leaf mold, manure, lime, piled against slippery planks, Nothing…

— Theodore Roethke

“Organisms we can’t see are accorded the same respect as those that are big and flashy or promise to give a nice immediate kick…

— Judith D. Schwartz

Where grows?--where grows it not? If vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil.

— Alexander Pope

Everything is sold to skill and labor; and where nature furnishes the materials, they are still rude and unfinished, till industry, ever active and…

— David Hume

If you don't treat an ingredient and its flavors with respect - if you drown it in oil, for instance - you'll spoil it.

— Alain Ducasse