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> [What's similar between Britain and America is the lack of good-quality civic buildings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zaha-hadid/what-s-similar-between-britain-and-america-is-the-lack-of-good/)

[Zaha Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zaha-hadid/)

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> [Architecture is really about well-being. I think that people want to feel good in a space... On the one hand it's about shelter, but it's also about pleasure. The intention is to really carve out of a city civic spaces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zaha-hadid/architecture-is-really-about-well-being-i-think-that-people-want-to/)

[Zaha Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zaha-hadid/)

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## Other authors on Civics

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-giroux-41521.jpg) Henry Giroux 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/civics/henry-giroux/)

## More by Zaha Hadid

> [The goal posts might shift, but you should have a goal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zaha-hadid/the-goal-posts-might-shift-but-you-should-have-a-goal/)

[Zaha Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zaha-hadid/)

> [There are so many great galleries and museums in London, but they can be very crowded during the day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zaha-hadid/there-are-so-many-great-galleries-and-museums-in-london-but-they-can/)

[Zaha Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zaha-hadid/)

> [In terms of form, all the projects interest me equally, although there are obviously large differences according to the scale and process of each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zaha-hadid/in-terms-of-form-all-the-projects-interest-me-equally-although-there/)

[Zaha Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zaha-hadid/)

> [When I was growing up in Iraq, there was an unbroken belief in progress and a great sense of optimism. It was a moment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zaha-hadid/when-i-was-growing-up-in-iraq-there-was-an-unbroken-belief-in/)

[Zaha Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zaha-hadid/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zaha-hadid/women-are-always-told-you-re-not-going-to-make-it-its-too-difficult/)

[Zaha Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zaha-hadid/)

> [What's similar between Britain and America is the lack of good-quality civic buildings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zaha-hadid/what-s-similar-between-britain-and-america-is-the-lack-of-good/)

[Zaha Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zaha-hadid/)

> [I don't think that everybody in the planet should have a child. I've never had the desire I should have a kid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zaha-hadid/i-don-t-think-that-everybody-in-the-planet-should-have-a-child-i-ve/)

[Zaha Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zaha-hadid/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zaha-hadid/it-s-very-important-for-cities-all-around-the-world-to-reinvent/)

[Zaha Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zaha-hadid/)

> [People often ask me if I consider myself to be an architect, fashion designer, or artist. I'm an architect. The paintings I've done are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zaha-hadid/people-often-ask-me-if-i-consider-myself-to-be-an-architect-fashion/)

[Zaha Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zaha-hadid/)

> [If I wanted to do clothes or if I wanted to make a building or design a choreography, you are able to do that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zaha-hadid/if-i-wanted-to-do-clothes-or-if-i-wanted-to-make-a-building-or-design/)

[Zaha Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zaha-hadid/the-spirit-of-adventure-to-embrace-the-new-and-the-incredible-belief/)

[Zaha Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zaha-hadid/)

> [Some people really live and work within the same doctrine, the same diagram with the same logic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zaha-hadid/some-people-really-live-and-work-within-the-same-doctrine-the-same/)

[Zaha Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zaha-hadid/)

> [I love driving around east London - it's always full of surprises. Actually, I don't drive myself - I like to be driven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zaha-hadid/i-love-driving-around-east-london-it-s-always-full-of-surprises/)

[Zaha Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zaha-hadid/)

> [My buildings are not particularly expensive. It is not a tin shed. If you want a tinny car, you pay for that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zaha-hadid/my-buildings-are-not-particularly-expensive-it-is-not-a-tin-shed-if/)

[Zaha Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zaha-hadid/)

> [It's not my duty as an architect to look at it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zaha-hadid/it-s-not-my-duty-as-an-architect-to-look-at-it/)

[Zaha Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zaha-hadid/)

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