140 Quotes by Zaha Hadid

I think that in life you don't need too much; you need friends, you need to do what you like doing.

When you are overworked and exhausted, there is a sense of kind of delirium and that's why I think architects do all-nighters and they kind of do those deadlines. For four days I remember doing four nights in one row with no sleep. I mean nobody, unless you are crazy, would do that, but you are totally focused on the project.

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.

I'm into fashion because it contains the mood of the day, of the moment - like music, literature, and art.

I don't think that architecture is only about shelter, is only about a very simple enclosure. It should be able to excite you, to calm you, to make you think.

I think about architecture all the time. That's the problem. But I've always been like that. I dream it sometimes.

Like men, women have to be diligent and work hard.

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.

What's nice about concrete is that it looks unfinished.