The kind of capitalism I hate most is crony capitalism, the friends who decide. These are things which should be killed in Russia.

If I just produce the transparent ideal accepted by the Western experts, a process of privatization which will be very good but never happen, that means nothing.

The Moscow energy system has never sustained such a load.

The diversification of the people's demand could not be followed by the state apparatus.

There are no two countries with the same style of economic mechanism, with the same capitalism.

The Bolsheviks started not just on the killing of private property; they were trying to abolish money itself.

You need to find somebody who will speak the same language. We understand that we couldn't have any kind of discussion without permission, without a legal framework behind it.

I am joining the government not from the academic position but from St. Petersburg city council.

Killing the private property-that was the center of the Marxist economy and Marxist ideology. That was the center of the Lenin ideology.

Private property is a very fundamental and very long-term institution.

There is a state that is able to understand the demand in the economy. That state should use prices as an instrument for implementation of this understanding.

Happiness is what matters, feeling alive-not art or knowledge or money.

In deep suffering, I got to know divinity within my soul.

I used to believe that the world is a journey that takes you on a mystical ride across time. I don't anymore.

There's always more than what meets the eye. If you dig in deep enough and pay attention, you can really see the beauty in a person.

It is from the womb of art that criticism was born.

Too much good taste can be boring

A generous friendship no cold medium knows, Burns with one love, with one resentment glows; One should our interests and our passions be, My friend must hate the man that injures me.

There are three indispensable requirements for a missionary: 1. Patience 2. Patience 3. Patience.

I'm not a big fan of remakes. I never wanted to do a remake.

I don't want nothing old but some old money. Buy me some young ideas. That's what I'm gonna do with it.