I am quite sensitive to politics, because you know, as an Arab, an Iraqi, all your life, you are very conscious of it. Zaha Hadid More Quotes by Zaha Hadid More Quotes From Zaha Hadid The goal posts might shift, but you should have a goal. Zaha Hadid goalshould-havemight I've always thought that design can have equal importance to the idea of internal architecture. Professionally, things can be very dogmatic - you do the architecture, someone else does the interiors, someone else does the furniture, the fabric, etc. But I think design is all-encompassing. Zaha Hadid designideasthinking From my first days studying architecture at the architectural association, I have always been interested in the concept of fragmentation and with ideas of abstraction and explosion, where we were de-constructing ideas of repetitiveness and mass production. Zaha Hadid associationideasfirsts 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. Zaha Hadid importantjobspeople When women do succeed, the press, even the industry press, spend far too much time talking about how we dress, what shoes we're wearing, who we're meant to be seeing. That's pretty sad for women, especially when it's written by women who really should know better. Zaha Hadid shoessuccesstalking Malevitch discovered abstraction as an experimental principle that can propel creative work to previously unheard levels of invention; this abstract work allowed much greater levels of creativity. Zaha Hadid creativitylevelscreative I am equally proud of all of my architectural projects. It's always rewarding to see an ambitious design become reality. Zaha Hadid ambitiousdesignreality 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. Zaha Hadid crazysleepmean It is insufficient for architecture today to directly implement an existing building typology; it instead requires architects to carefully examine the whole area with new interventions and programmatic typologies Zaha Hadid buildingarchitecturetoday Too many are too obsessed by method. it becomes a dogma. Zaha Hadid methoddogmaobsessed Of course there is a lot of fluidity now between art, architecture and fashion - a lot more cross-pollination in the disciplines, but this isn't about competition, it's about collaboration and what these practices and processes can contribute to one another. Zaha Hadid fashionpracticeart Of course I believe imaginative architecture can make a difference to people's lives, but I wish it was possible to divert some of the effort we put into ambitious museums and galleries into the basic architectural building blocks of society. Zaha Hadid blockdifferencesbelieve The current state of architecture and design requires extensive collaboration and an investigative attitude and we continue to research and develop new technologies. Zaha Hadid designtechnologyattitude I don't like the masculine style, jeans. I like issey miyake... and black dresses. Zaha Hadid jeansstyleblack Indeed, our designs become more ambitious as we see the new possibilities created by the technology of other industries. Zaha Hadid ambitiousdesigntechnology My work first engaged with the early russian avant-garde; the paintings of moholy-nagy, el lissitzky's 'prouns' and naum gabo's sculptures, but in particular with the work of kasimir malevitch - he was an early influence for me as a representative of the modern avant-garde intersection between art and design. Zaha Hadid sculpturedesignart The world is looking more and more segmented, the difference between people is becoming greater. Zaha Hadid differencespeopleworld The idea for a building or an object can come up just as quick, but there is a big difference in process. Zaha Hadid buildingdifferencesideas Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious. Zaha Hadid cautioustaught Two years ago I focused on one apartment to see how many variations you can come up with in a given space with the same parameters. I would work on this repeatedly for days and you see that there is maybe seven hundred options for one space. This exercise gives you an idea of the degree at which you can interpret the organization of space, it is not infinite but it's very large. Zaha Hadid organizationexerciseyears
