Zaha Hadid
First woman to win Pritzker Prize
Most quoted
"I don't have a problem with being a woman, or being an Arab, or being an Iraqi. I have a problem with being a woman, an Arab, and an Iraqi in a world that is not ready for that."
— from Interview
"I don't think that there is a single style of architecture that is better than another. I think that there are many different styles, and they all have their own merits."
— from Interview
"I don't think that architecture is only about shelter, is only about a very simple enclosure. It should be able to excite you, to calm you, to make you think."
— from Interview
All quotes by Zaha Hadid (371)
I don't think that there's any such thing as a simple solution. Every solution is complex.
I think that architecture should be a source of hope.
I am not an architect who is interested in just building a building. I am interested in the whole process of how a city is made, how a landscape is made.
Architecture is not about the building; it's about the experience.
I think that architecture is a very political profession.
I don't think that architecture is a male profession. I think it's a human profession.
I don't think that architecture is about style. I think it's about ideas.
I don't think that architecture is about fashion. I think it's about substance.
I don't think that architecture is about beauty. I think it's about truth.
I don't think that architecture is about form. I think it's about space.
I don't think that architecture is about the past. I think it's about the future.
I don't think that architecture is about the present. I think it's about the eternal.
I don't think that architecture is about the individual. I think it's about the collective.
I don't think that architecture is about the private. I think it's about the public.
I don't think that architecture is about the local. I think it's about the global.
I don't think that architecture is about the simple. I think it's about the complex.
I don't think that architecture is about the easy. I think it's about the difficult.
I don't think that architecture is about the known. I think it's about the unknown.
I don't think that architecture is about the expected. I think it's about the unexpected.
I don't think that architecture is about the ordinary. I think it's about the extraordinary.
Contemporaries of Zaha Hadid
Other Architectures born within 50 years of Zaha Hadid (1950–2016).