Dasha Zhukova

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“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'm quite disappointed that I'll never relive my teenage years.”

“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 like messy. What fun is tidy?”

“Overall, I'm not upset at the press.”

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

“I actually love physics, but art is where I thought I could make a difference for my country.”

“I haven't spent years in fashion making friends and making enemies.”

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

“If you're a devoted collector of design, you seek out objects you can love to live with but also live in.”

“I'm very proud of Soviet aesthetics.”

“If a stranger is writing something completely fictitious, or insulting me on a blog or a tabloid, I don't take it personally.”

“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.”