I can't focus when there's too many things around. Whenever I used to go to the office, I used to always say, 'Tidy up.' — Zaha Hadid Copy Share Image
Of course, my family helped me, my brothers helped me, but after I set up my own office I had to really help myself. Some people seem to think I had an oil well in my garden! It's a nice… — Zaha Hadid Copy Share Image
There are so many great galleries and museums in London, but they can be very crowded during the day. — Zaha Hadid Copy Share Image
In terms of form, all the projects interest me equally, although there are obviously large differences according to the scale and process of each… — Zaha Hadid Copy Share Image
When I was growing up in Iraq, there was an unbroken belief in progress and a great sense of optimism. It was a moment… — Zaha Hadid Copy Share Image
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… — Zaha Hadid Copy Share Image
What's similar between Britain and America is the lack of good-quality civic buildings. — Zaha Hadid Copy Share Image
I don't think that everybody in the planet should have a child. I've never had the desire I should have a kid. — Zaha Hadid Copy Share Image
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… — Zaha Hadid Copy Share Image
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… — Zaha Hadid Copy Share Image
If I wanted to do clothes or if I wanted to make a building or design a choreography, you are able to do that… — Zaha Hadid Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Some people really live and work within the same doctrine, the same diagram with the same logic. — Zaha Hadid Copy Share Image
