Stepanova Quotes & Sayings

Almost always, great new ideas don't emerge from within a single person or function, but at the intersection of functions or people that have never met before. — Clayton M Christensen

The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free. — A.S. Byatt

Every single time I step into the studio, I say, 'Can I still do this? Do I still have it? Have I ever had it?' I suppose there's a good amount of self-loathing that goes into any form of artisanship. — Ben Harper

And that is how all wars are justified. Everyone thinks that God is on their side and that they are the ones that deserve to win. — David Bowick

I suppose that the main benefit of being rich (over just being independent) is to be able to despise rich people (a good concentration of whom you find in glitzy ski resorts) without any sour grapes. It is even sweeter when these farts don't know that you are richer than they are. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The amazing thing about becoming a parent is that you will never again be your own first priority. — Olivia Wilde

One candle is like a smile. One little light can start a whole fire. Smile at someone today. — Gail Thackray

Suffering passes, but the fact of having suffered never passes. — Leon Bloy

When we reach the outer limit of what Scripture says, it is time to stop arguing and start worshipping. — J.I. Packer

you could have cut the lack of surprise and spread it on bread. — Stephen King

The kind of teacher who is afraid that they are going to be replaced by a computer should be. — Michael Fullan

Thereafter the summer passed in routine contentment. Routine contentment was: improving our treehouse that rested between giant twin chinaberry trees in the back yard, fussing, running through our list of dramas based on the works of Oliver Optic, Victor Appleton, and Edgar Rice Burroughs. ( ... ) Thus we came to know Dill as a pocket Merlin, whose head teemed with eccentric plans, strange longings, and quaint fancies. — Harper Lee

My wife is the kind of girl who will not go anywhere without her mother, and her mother will go anywhere. — John Barrymore

Flowers teach us the philosophy of life - we should live and die beautifully. — Anna Stepanova

I think I really scored with my parents. All of my friends pretty much came from broken homes, and my parents are still together, but not only that, they're still in love and still write together. — Winona Ryder

I always try to connect with what's happening in the world-reality, modernity, the 21st century, all that - and with Jil it started to feel very disconnected from the outside and how women were looking at fashion, experiencing fashion, interpreting fashion. — Raf Simons