Quote

Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious.

Zaha Hadid

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Zaha Hadid
Age: 65 †
Born: 1950
Born: October 31
Died: 2016
Died: March 31
Architect
Artist
Designer
Jewelry Designer
Painter
Sculptor
University Teacher
Bagdad
Zaha Mohammad Hadid
Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid
Zaha M. Hadid
Iraqi
Cautious
Taught

More quotes by Zaha Hadid

Image
What's similar between Britain and America is the lack of good-quality civic buildings.
Zaha Hadid
Image
I've always thought that design can have equal importance to the idea of internal architecture. Professionally, things can be very dogmatic - you do the architecture, someone else does the interiors, someone else does the furniture, the fabric, etc. But I think design is all-encompassing.
Zaha Hadid
Image
You have to be very focused and work very hard, but it is not about working hard without knowing what your aim is!
Zaha Hadid
Image
Too many are too obsessed by method. it becomes a dogma.
Zaha Hadid
Image
You really have to have a goal.
Zaha Hadid
Image
The paintings have only ever been ways of exploring architecture. I don't see them as art.
Zaha Hadid
Image
A brilliant design will always benefit from the input of others.
Zaha Hadid
Image
You have to really believe not only in yourself you have to believe that the world is actually worth your sacrifices.
Zaha Hadid
Image
Architecture is like writing. You have to edit it over and over so it looks effortless
Zaha Hadid
Image
The goal posts might shift, but you should have a goal.
Zaha Hadid
Image
It was such a depressing time. I didn't look very depressed, maybe, but it was really dire. I made a conscious decision not to stop, but it could have gone the other way.
Zaha Hadid
Image
Different projects give you satisfaction in different ways.
Zaha Hadid
Image
There are 360 degrees, so why stick to one?
Zaha Hadid
Image
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
Image
My work first engaged with the early russian avant-garde the paintings of moholy-nagy, el lissitzky's 'prouns' and naum gabo's sculptures, but in particular with the work of kasimir malevitch - he was an early influence for me as a representative of the modern avant-garde intersection between art and design.
Zaha Hadid
Image
Architecture is unnecessarily difficult. It's very tough.
Zaha Hadid
Image
If I'm in london it can be different than if I'm somewhere else.
Zaha Hadid
Image
I love driving around east London - it's always full of surprises. Actually, I don't drive myself - I like to be driven.
Zaha Hadid
Image
I am equally proud of all of my architectural projects. It's always rewarding to see an ambitious design become reality.
Zaha Hadid
Image
Architecture is how the person places herself in the space. Fashion is about how you place the object on the person.
Zaha Hadid