let the underdog rival your preconceptions . the arts are a manifestation of man s intelligence and therefore follow the evolution of their time . lucio fontana twelve tables in the heart of modena tell a story of tradition in evolution . every moment of light and dark is a miracle . walt whitman leave room for the unexpected . there is everything to be learned f rom the people who raise catch and grow the food we prepare . we should never stop planting . joseph beuys we think very hard about the origins of our ingredients and foster deep relationships with our producers and artisans . i very well remember at the beginning of the war being with picasso on the boulevard raspail when the first camouflaged truck passed . it was night ... slow food in fast times is our way of life . nutrition is not mathematical . ... we had heard of camouf lage but we had not seen it and picasso amazed looked at to and then cried out yes it is we who made it that is cubism gertrude stein 1914 . festina lente go quickly slowly . it is emotional .