7 Alton Brown Quotes on Creativity

Alton Brown quotes on creativity

46. Chocolate is its own inspiration, ganache its finest reincarnation. So go ahead. Ganache yourself silly!

88. I'm a hacker at heart and I like finding different ways of doing things because in doing so, I find new ways of examining the job at hand.

97. Here's the thing.. I'm slower than the average tree sloth when it comes to writing. Because of that, the scripts I write are never all they could be and therefore the shows aren't either. They're certainly made better by those that I work with but I often feel as though I'm the weak link in the whole system. I've even recommended to the executive producer that I be fired. It really would be the best thing for the show.

99. A whole meal can change for me if there's paper on the table that me and my daughter can draw on with crayons.

110. Good Eats was, if nothing else, original. I can't always say that it's good, but I do think it's original. And I think that's something that comes from one person being allowed to exercise their vision, be it twisted or otherwise -- that's usually where great innovations come from.

123. Okay, so all of those items are being made into a frosting for the chocolate eggplant cupcakes. What a magical world we live in!

156. on starting to shoot Good Eats in HDTV format: But, although our look may have gotten expensive, I assure you our props, sets, costumes, actors, and general mentality are still budget basement. Good Eats is still held together by dental floss, duct tape, peanut butter and brine. We still don't spend as much per episode as American Idol spends on Paula Abdul's hair. And unlike much of what goes out on those 315 or so channels that pass for television, Good Eats is hand made:no committees, no corporate spank, and no stinkin' focus groups.