I'm very proud of Soviet aesthetics.

Dasha Zhukova

Categorized in : Very Proud Soviet

Planning is my favorite - to have a vision and watch it materialize.

planning my-favorite vision

I guess people wouldn't say nasty things to my face. When you're kind of isolated, you don't really hear the gossip, or you're not really involved in it. You're here, and it's all going on over there.

gossip nasty people

People have the freedom to say what they want, and I get it - mean stuff sells better than nice stuff.

nice mean people

I like messy. What fun is tidy?

like tidy messy fun

I had a happy childhood: extremely outdoorsy and independent.

had happy-childhood childhood happy

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

freedom life believe death

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.

day know me ideas

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

yourself you situation together

It's important to know how to operate within the system you are existing in.

how know you important

I'm, like, really bad at remembering names.

remembering bad like names

The more I read, the more I realise what I don't know.

realise read more know

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

dreamed always moscow mark

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

me wake-up conversation morning

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

name know artist art

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.

person understand myself sometimes

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

loved child childhood art

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

same feel home 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.

myself know me speak

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

without internet leaving people

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

never scream work mean