Zaha Hadid Quotes

“Half of architecture students are women, and you see respected, established female architects all the time.”

“I made a decision when I was in school that I'd have a lot of male friends.”

“My friendships are very important to me.”

“I'm a pushover. I make allowances for people if I like them.”

“People in power, they're so used to people kind of playing up to them.”

“My generation were all careerists.”

“I am quite sensitive to politics, because you know, as an Arab, an Iraqi, all your life, you are very conscious of it.”

“Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious.”

“I was always unusual-looking; I wouldn't say beautiful.”