Author: Zaha Hadid

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Good education is so important. We do need to look at the way people are taught. It not just about qualifications to get a job. It's about being educated.

Good education is so important. We do need to look at the way people are taught. It not just about qualifications to get a job. It's about being educated.

- Zaha Hadid

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.

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.

- Zaha Hadid

You don't always have to show art in what's called a white box; you can have a kind of complexity within an exhibit which actually respects the art as well.

You don't always have to show art in what's called a white box; you can have a kind of complexity within an exhibit which actually respects the art as well.

- Zaha Hadid

Architecture is unnecessarily difficult. It's very tough.

Architecture is unnecessarily difficult. It's very tough.

- Zaha Hadid

People say I design architectural icons. If I design a building and it becomes an icon, that's ok.

People say I design architectural icons. If I design a building and it becomes an icon, that's ok.

- Zaha Hadid

Architecture is how the person places herself in the space. Fashion is about how you place the object on the person.

Architecture is how the person places herself in the space. Fashion is about how you place the object on the person.

- Zaha Hadid

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

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

- Zaha Hadid

It's very important that historic cities are allowed to reinvent their future.

It's very important that historic cities are allowed to reinvent their future.

- Zaha Hadid

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

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

- Zaha Hadid

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