Author: Zaha Hadid

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Architecture is unnecessarily difficult. It's very tough.

Architecture is unnecessarily difficult. It's very tough.

- 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

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

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

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

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

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

I think about architecture all the time. That's the problem. But I've always been like that. I dream it sometimes.

I think about architecture all the time. That's the problem. But I've always been like that. I dream it sometimes.

- Zaha Hadid

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

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

- Zaha Hadid

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