Top 30 Dasha Zhukova Quotes

I guess artists are living inspiration. There’s something very pure about a person that fantasizes. I like hearing their stories, watching them work. Their take on the world interests me. It’s not unified.

I have had an interest in art since childhood. I loved to draw as a child and still do.

There is a very strong theatre-going tradition in Moscow. It has stayed strong.

I definitely feel Russian. I feel Russian, but at the same time when I’m in the States I feel at home, too.

I’m young, Russian, I come from money, and I date a very well-known person.

The Internet can give young people a fantastic platform to become financially independent and have global businesses without leaving Russia.

I don’t see myself as a person who just does one thing. I understand that sometimes that might sound a bit unprofessional. But I disagree.

I have more ideas than I know what to do with. I guess I’m a bit of a fantasist and a daydreamer – all sorts of things come to me during the day.

The thing is, I grew up in L.A., so I had this unique opportunity to live in both communist Russia and see that life, and then move to America as a young girl and experience a completely different life.

Anyone who doesn’t know anything about art knows the name of at least one artist.

I like messy. What fun is tidy?

I had a happy childhood: extremely outdoorsy and independent.

Russian women like to be feminine. Even if it’s minus-10 degrees and snowing, a Russian woman will still be in her stilettos.

My involvement in fashion is not at the highest artistic level.

I haven’t spent years in fashion making friends and making enemies.

I never yell or scream. I mean, definitely not at work. I never yell at anyone I work with.

I’m very proud of Soviet aesthetics.

I have a few pieces that I got for my birthdays or that I bought for myself: I acquire things that speak to me and put them on my wall. When I see things I like, I just know.

I want to work in art forever.

When you’re in a situation that is foreign to you, you just have to pull yourself together and adapt.

I believe in the freedom of choice in both life and death.

I don’t know what drives me, but I wake up in the morning, and I want to participate in the creative cultural conversation.

Russia was culturally isolated for so long that some sort of transformation needs to happen and will happen.

Money grants you freedom, I guess.

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I am drawn to humorous art that is ironic.

I believe in carbon offset initiatives, in eco-villages, in the sustainable regeneration of the tropical rainforest.

I have always dreamed of bringing an exhibit of Mark Rothko to Moscow.

I feel like anything I’ve ever done, I’ve been strongly advised not to do.

I think it’s fascinating that clothes can drastically transform someone’s mood or the way they feel about their appearance.