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" If a stranger is writing something completely fictitious, or insulting me on a blog or a tabloid, I don't take it personally. "
Dasha Zhukova
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" I want to work in art forever. "
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" Anyone who doesn't know anything about art knows the name of at least one artist. "
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" Most museums in Moscow, like Tretyakov, were established by philanthropists, whose passion for art allowed the development of culture on many levels. "
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" My involvement in fashion is not at the highest artistic level. "
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" I have always dreamed of bringing an exhibit of Mark Rothko to Moscow. "
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" 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. "
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" I had a happy childhood: extremely outdoorsy and independent. "
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" If you're a devoted collector of design, you seek out objects you can love to live with but also live in. "
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" I think one of my strengths is that I can always take advice, and I can delegate. I know a lot of people feel the need to do everything themselves, but I am not one of them. "
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" I haven't spent years in fashion making friends and making enemies. "
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" There is a huge thirst for knowledge among the younger generation for contemporary art, but most of them learn about it by going on the Internet. "
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" I have had an interest in art since childhood. I loved to draw as a child and still do. "
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" I actually love physics, but art is where I thought I could make a difference for my country. "
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" I'm not interested in business for business's sake. "
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" I am drawn to humorous art that is ironic. "
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" There is a very strong theatre-going tradition in Moscow. It has stayed strong. "
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Very
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" When you're in a situation that is foreign to you, you just have to pull yourself together and adapt. "
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" England has a long history of supporting alternative medicine - maybe it's because they don't have such a strong pharmaceutical industry in England, and homeopathy has been taught and promoted there for hundreds of years. "
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" 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. "
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" I believe in carbon offset initiatives, in eco-villages, in the sustainable regeneration of the tropical rainforest. "
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I Believe In
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" I definitely feel Russian. I feel Russian, but at the same time when I'm in the States I feel at home, too. "
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Same
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Time
" 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. "
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" I don't know what drives me, but I wake up in the morning, and I want to participate in the creative cultural conversation. "
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" Russia was culturally isolated for so long that some sort of transformation needs to happen and will happen. "
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" It's important to know how to operate within the system you are existing in. "
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" I never yell or scream. I mean, definitely not at work. I never yell at anyone I work with. "
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" 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. "
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