Zaha Hadid Quotes

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Zaha Hadid

Profession : Architect

Birth : October 31, 1950

The spirit of adventure to embrace the new and the incredible belief in the power of invention attracted me to the Russian avant-garde.

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I've always thought that design can have equal importance to the idea of internal architecture. Professionally, things can be very dogmatic - you do the architecture, someone else does the interiors, someone else does the furniture, the fabric, etc. But I think design is all-encompassing.

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Like men, women have to be diligent and work hard.

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What's similar between Britain and America is the lack of good-quality civic buildings.

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Of course I believe imaginative architecture can make a difference to people's lives, but I wish it was possible to divert some of the effort we put into ambitious museums and galleries into the basic architectural building blocks of society.

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I don't think people should do things because you know, 'I am turning this age, I must go have a husband.' If you find somebody and it works out then have kids, it's very nice. But if you don't, you don't.

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I don't think that everybody in the planet should have a child. I've never had the desire I should have a kid.

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My generation were all careerists.

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I have always appreciated designers who dare to reinterpret fabrics and proportions, so I follow the Japanese and Belgian designers. The pieces are so animated. When they lie still, they are one thing, but once you stand them up or wear them, they become something else.

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Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious.

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It's very important for cities all around the world to reinvent themselves, and Glasgow is a good example of that. The Scots are very nice. I don't think they are burdened by their history.

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I am equally proud of all of my architectural projects. It's always rewarding to see an ambitious design become reality.

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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.

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I don't think I am that tough, actually. Well, tough in the sense that I don't take any rubbish, and that doesn't make me very popular, frankly. I mean, because some people say something to me, and I just tell them off. I mean, why should I put up with it?

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The funkiest housing in Holland is for low-income, and I think that's very nice.

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I like music. Country, hip-hop, R&B, sometimes classical.

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There are so many great galleries and museums in London, but they can be very crowded during the day.

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My father was a politician, and a very important politician, and one of the leaders of the Iraqi Democratic Party, who believed in progress.

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My buildings are not particularly expensive. It is not a tin shed. If you want a tinny car, you pay for that.

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Men think a woman should not have an opinion.

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