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" As a woman, you're not accessible to every world. "

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" I think that the training of architects allows you to see what will happen ten years ahead of time, or twenty. It's not guessing, it's not intuitive, it's based on research - and we may be wrong. "

" Architecture is unnecessarily difficult. It's very tough. "

" My father was a socialist, so he would have thought that I shouldn't be a dame. "

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

" 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. "

" If I wanted to do clothes or if I wanted to make a building or design a choreography, you are able to do that - they are all under a similar kind of design umbrella. "

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

" I really believe in the idea of the future. "

" 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. "

" Society has not been set up in a way that allows women to go back to work after taking time off. Many women now have to work as well as do everything at home and no one can do everything. Society needs to find a way of relieving women. "

" I am equally proud of all of my architectural projects. It's always rewarding to see an ambitious design become reality. "

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

" The spirit of adventure to embrace the new and the incredible belief in the power of invention attracted me to the Russian avant-garde. "

" Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious. "

" What's similar between Britain and America is the lack of good-quality civic buildings. "

" 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. "

" I don't think that everybody in the planet should have a child. I've never had the desire I should have a kid. "

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

" Contrary to popular view, I've never been patronized in the Middle East. Men maybe treat women differently, but they do not treat them with disrespect. They don't hate women. It's a very different kind of mentality. "

" I have always appreciated designers who dare to reinterpret fabrics and proportions, so I follow the Japanese and Belgian designers. The pieces are so animated. When they lie still, they are one thing, but once you stand them up or wear them, they become something else. "

" The commission process in America and England is different. In America, they do it through an interview process, and it's really based on whether they like you or not. I mean, it's nothing to do with whether you do the best scheme or the worst scheme. "

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

" 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 think it's good if areas get upgraded and gentrified, as long as the people who always lived there can stay. But they get pushed out to some place. "

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

" All the privileged can travel, see different worlds; not everyone can. I think it is important for people to have an interesting locale nearby. "

" The funkiest housing in Holland is for low-income, and I think that's very nice. "

" I love driving around east London - it's always full of surprises. Actually, I don't drive myself - I like to be driven. "

" It's very important that historic cities are allowed to reinvent their future. "