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The idea for a building or an object can come up just as quick, but there is a big difference in process.

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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
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Half of architecture students are women, and you see respected, established female architects all the time.
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Women are always told, 'You're not going to make it, its too difficult, you can't do that, don't enter this competition, you'll never win it,' - they need confidence in themselves and people around them to help them to get on.
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In hospital, people should be able to have time to themselves.
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I have always appreciated those who dare to experiment with materials and proportions.
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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.
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Architecture is how the person places herself in the space. Fashion is about how you place the object on the person.
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There are so many great galleries and museums in London, but they can be very crowded during the day.
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Know what it is that you are trying to find out.
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They all come out from the same thing all the projects are connected somehow.
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Would they call me a diva if I were a guy?
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I don't particularly like showing furniture on pedestals, but for whatever reasons you always have to in museums.
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With products the form is almost the finished piece, but with architecture it is not.
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I am sure that as a woman I can do a very good skyscraper.
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As a woman you're not accessible to every world.
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I have been interested in fashion since I was a kid. Then I lived in London, where it was more about costume and a personal statement of who you are than about fashion.
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It's very important for cities all around the world to reinvent themselves, and Glasgow is a good example of that. The Scots are very nice. I don't think they are burdened by their history.
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I don't think people should do things because you know, 'I am turning this age, I must go have a husband.' If you find somebody and it works out then have kids, it's very nice. But if you don't, you don't.
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For a woman to go out alone into architecture is still very, very hard. It's still a man's world.
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There are 360 degrees, so why stick to one?
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