140 Quotes by Zaha Hadid

Architecture is particularly difficult for women; there's no reason for it to be. I don't want to blame men or society, but I think it was for a long time, the clients were men, the building industry is all male.

I am sure that as a woman I can do a very good skyscraper.

I will never give myself the luxury of thinking, 'I've made it.'

I always thought I was powerful, since I was a kid.

I have been interested in fashion since I was a kid. Then I lived in London, where it was more about costume and a personal statement of who you are than about fashion.

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

I used to not like being called a 'woman architect.' I'm an architect, not just a woman architect. The guys used to tap me on the head and say 'you're OK for a girl.' But I see an incredible amount of need from other women for reassurance that it can be done, so I don't mind anymore.

Good education is so important. We do need to look at the way people are taught. It not just about qualifications to get a job. It's about being educated.

I miss aspects of being in the Arab world - the language - and there is a tranquility in these cities with great rivers. Whether it's Cairo or Baghdad, you sit there and you think, 'This river has flown here for thousands of years.' There are magical moments in these places.