Zaha Hadid Quotes
Top 66 wise famous quotes and sayings by Zaha Hadid
Zaha Hadid Famous Quotes & Sayings
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I think about architecture all the time. That's the problem. But I've always been like that. I dream it sometimes.
I'm into fashion because it contains the mood of the day, of the moment - like music, literature, and art.
People don't talk to you properly. It's the way they talk to you; they dismiss you. I think it's a combination of me being a woman and a foreigner.
When I was growing up in Iraq, there was an unbroken belief in progress and a great sense of optimism. It was a moment of nation building.
In Iraq, many of my female friends were architects and professionals with a lot of power during the 1980s while all the men were at war in Iran.
You really have to have a goal. The goal posts might shift, but you should have a goal. Know what it is you want to find out.
I am quite sensitive to politics, because you know, as an Arab, an Iraqi, all your life, you are very conscious of it.
I really love Miami, but I don't think the architecture matches the city. It's a bit too commercial.
My father was a politician, and a very important politician, and one of the leaders of the Iraqi Democratic Party, who believed in progress.
Obviously for some people there is a big connection between music and the way you can create a space.
When I first came to Guangzhou in 1981, it seemed such a hard and dour place with everyone in Chairman Mao uniforms.
I think it's good if areas get upgraded and gentrified, as long as the people who always lived there can stay. But they get pushed out to some place.
There are so many great galleries and museums in London, but they can be very crowded during the day.
I am equally proud of all of my architectural projects. It's always rewarding to see an ambitious design become reality.
I can't focus when there's too many things around. Whenever I used to go to the office, I used to always say, 'Tidy up.'
I don't think that everybody in the planet should have a child. I've never had the desire I should have a kid.
I don't particularly like showing furniture on pedestals, but for whatever reasons you always have to in museums.
Architecture is how the person places herself in the space. Fashion is about how you place the object on the person.
For many years, I hated nature. As a student, I refused to put a plant anywhere - a living plant, that is. Dead plants were OK.
You have to really believe not only in yourself; you have to believe that the world is actually worth your sacrifices.
The beauty of the landscape - where sand, water, reeds, birds, buildings, and people all somehow flowed together - has never left me.
The spirit of adventure to embrace the new and the incredible belief in the power of invention attracted me to the Russian avant-garde.
My buildings are not particularly expensive. It is not a tin shed. If you want a tinny car, you pay for that.
I love driving around east London - it's always full of surprises. Actually, I don't drive myself - I like to be driven.
All the privileged can travel, see different worlds; not everyone can. I think it is important for people to have an interesting locale nearby.