Zaha Hadid Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I think that the training of architects allows you to see what will happen ten years ahead of time, or twenty. It's not guessing, it's not intuitive, it's based on research - and we may be wrong.”

“Wherever I am in the world, my perfect day begins with waking up and heading to the beach or the pool or somewhere I can be semi-comatose. I just wake up and go to the sun.”

“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 love driving around east London - it's always full of surprises. Actually, I don't drive myself - I like to be driven.”

“I'm a pushover. I make allowances for people if I like them.”

“Life in the Middle East is quite different from other places.”

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

“I used to not like being called a 'woman architect': I'm an architect, not just a woman architect. Guys used to tap me on the head and say, 'You are okay for a girl.' But I see the incredible amount of need from other women for reassurance that it could be done, so I don't mind that at all.”