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" 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. "

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

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Drive

Driving

" My father was a politician, and a very important politician, and one of the leaders of the Iraqi Democratic Party, who believed in progress. "

" I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild. "

" When I taught, all my best students were women. "

" Obviously for some people there is a big connection between music and the way you can create a space. "

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

Zaha Hadid

Would

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

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

Zaha Hadid

Woman

Skyscraper

" 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. "

" 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. "

Zaha Hadid

Men

Women

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Of course, my family helped me, my brothers helped me, but after I set up my own office I had to really help myself. Some people seem to think I had an oil well in my garden! It's a nice idea but not true. "

Zaha Hadid

Family

Think

" My buildings are not particularly expensive. It is not a tin shed. If you want a tinny car, you pay for that. "

" When I first came to Guangzhou in 1981, it seemed such a hard and dour place with everyone in Chairman Mao uniforms. "

" 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. "

" When I was growing up in Iraq, there was an unbroken belief in progress and a great sense of optimism. It was a moment of nation building. "

" Wherever I am in the world, my perfect day begins with waking up and heading to the beach or the pool or somewhere I can be semi-comatose. I just wake up and go to the sun. "

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

" 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. "

" Would they call me a diva if I were a guy? "

" I can't focus when there's too many things around. Whenever I used to go to the office, I used to always say, 'Tidy up.' "

Zaha Hadid

Office

Say

" In hospital, people should be able to have time to themselves. "

" Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious. "

Zaha Hadid

Being

Cautious

" Men think a woman should not have an opinion. "

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