Quotes by Zaha Hadid

"I am equally proud of all of my architectural projects. It's always rewarding to see an ambitious design become reality."

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"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."

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

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"As a woman, I'm expected to want everything to be nice and to be nice myself. A very English thing. I don't design nice buildings - I don't like them. I like architecture to have some raw, vital, earthy quality."

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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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