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 architecture is about the mundane. I think it's about the sublime.
I don't think that architecture is about the static. I think it's about the dynamic.
I don't think that architecture is about the solid. I think it's about the fluid.
I don't think that architecture is about the rigid. I think it's about the flexible.
I don't think that architecture is about the closed. I think it's about the open.
I don't think that architecture is about the contained. I think it's about the expansive.
I don't think that architecture is about the finite. I think it's about the infinite.
I don't think that architecture is about the small. I think it's about the grand.
I don't think that architecture is about the quiet. I think it's about the loud.
I don't think that architecture is about the subtle. I think it's about the bold.
I don't think that architecture is about the gentle. I think it's about the powerful.
I don't think that architecture is about the pastiche. I think it's about the original.
I don't think that architecture is about the imitation. I think it's about the invention.
I don't think that architecture is about the copy. I think it's about the creation.
I don't think that architecture is about the repetition. I think it's about the variation.
I don't think that architecture is about the predictable. I think it's about the surprising.
I don't think that architecture is about the conventional. I think it's about the radical.
I don't think that architecture is about the safe. I think it's about the daring.
I don't think that architecture is about the easy way out. I think it's about the challenge.
I don't think that architecture is about the compromise. I think it's about the vision.
Contemporaries of Zaha Hadid
Other Architectures born within 50 years of Zaha Hadid (1950–2016).