Dasha Zhukova Quotes

I love the creative process and being able to build something out of nothing.

All I know for certain is that reading is of the most intense importance to me; if I were not able to read, to revisit old favorites and experiment with names new to me, I would be starved - probably too starved to go on writing myself.

There is that romanticized idea of what a bookstore can be, what a library can be, what a shop can be. And to me, they are that. These are places that open doors into other worlds if only you're open to them.

I love creating images, of course, because I'm an artist.

Artists in each of the arts seek after and care for nothing but love.

The coming of the kids hasn't come out in my art yet.

I love to create, and to me, the ultimate freedom of expression is a blank canvas or a block of clay to capture whatever emotions your imagination gives it.

We will always have more to discover, more to invent, more to understand and that's much closer to art and literature than any science.

One of the greatest gifts my brother and I received from my mother was her love of literature and language. With their boundless energy, libraries open the door to these worlds and so many others. I urge young and old alike to embrace all that libraries have to offer.

I love art, and it plays a huge role in my life. It's definitely one of my greatest joys, and I'm a bit fanatical about certain painters and poets and musicians and sculptors.

They change. They're different. There are no two alike, that's the miracle of it. But if they have something to teach the students. You can see them writing during the show.

You wind up creating from silence, like painting a picture on a blank canvas that could bring tears to somebody's eyes. As songwriters, our blank canvas is silence. Then we write a song from an idea that can change somebody's life. Songwriting is the closest thing to magic that we could ever experience. That's why I love songwriting.

Some people like to paint trees. I like to paint love. I find it more meaningful than painting trees.

I watched 'Fame,' and I just love the choreography. It just gives me a place to be in another zone.

I'll continue making films because I love being able to drop into other people's worlds. My goal is to be constantly learning.

One of the great things about books is you can afford to do anything.

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach 10,000 stars how not to dance.

Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable.

A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire.

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.

Over time, naturally, you lose your innocence from gaining knowledge. You can't be innocent forever, but there's something in innocence you need to regain to be creative.

I've always been a writer because I've always been a student. My mom's a retired professor, so I come from a very academic background. I love writing, you know?