{"id":5916,"date":"2017-03-30T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/architizer.wpengine.com\/top-10-quotes-from-zaha-hadid\/"},"modified":"2022-05-31T07:18:31","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T11:18:31","slug":"top-10-quotes-from-zaha-hadid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/industry\/top-10-quotes-from-zaha-hadid\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIf You Want an Easy Life, Don\u2019t Be an Architect\u201d: 10 Classic Quotes by Zaha Hadid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><i>Celebrate a Decade of Inspirational Design with us! Architizer&#8217;s 10th Annual A+Awards program launches this fall \u2014 sign up to receive <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/architizerawards\/awards-newsletter-subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>key program updates<\/i><\/span><\/a><i> and deadline reminders.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>In March 2016, Dame Zaha Hadid sadly passed away, but in many ways, her presence lives on. While she is badly missed by the profession, the architect&#8217;s buildings remain as a reminder of her unparalleled talent \u2014 and her words continue to resonate with young architects.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, author and journalist Alain Elkann of <i>The Huffington Post<\/i> sat down with the 2004 Pritzker laureate for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/alain-elkann\/zaha-hadid-arab-architecture_b_6811334.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an extended interview at the Royal Academy in London<\/a>, where she talked about everything from her brazen opening dialogue with Rem Koolhaas at OMA, to the perpetual struggle that all women face: getting men to understand them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1425989580936IraqiCulturalFest13_ZahaHadid1-c-SimoneCecchetti.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1425989580936IraqiCulturalFest13_ZahaHadid1-c-SimoneCecchetti.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1425989580936IraqiCulturalFest13_ZahaHadid1-c-SimoneCecchetti.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1425989580936IraqiCulturalFest13_ZahaHadid1-c-SimoneCecchetti.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1425989580936IraqiCulturalFest13_ZahaHadid1-c-SimoneCecchetti.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1425989580936IraqiCulturalFest13_ZahaHadid1-c-SimoneCecchetti.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/miami.curbed.com\/archives\/2014\/12\/08\/zaha-is-still-in-the-market-for-fancier-miami-digs.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Curbed<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Elkann\u2019s questions got Hadid reflecting on many of her projects, including the <a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/projects\/maxxi-museum-of-xxi-century-arts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MAXXI museum<\/a> in Rome, the London Aquatics Center, and the \u201cnasty experience\u201d she faced with her unrealized proposal for the Cardiff Opera House. However, it was her musings on studio life, the relationships she has with her colleagues and clients, and with the Profession itself, that were perhaps most revealing.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a run-down of some of Zaha\u2019s standout quips and quotations, words of wisdom from a woman at the summit of the profession.<\/p>\n<p><b>On the early challenges she faced when attempting to deliver ambitious projects<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy work is not within the accepted box. Maybe because I am a woman. Also an Arab. There was a certain prejudice about these things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>On her role as master, teaching at the Institute of Architecture in Vienna<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think you can teach architecture. You can only inspire people.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14259896783674b3bc07899591471224132c13915111e.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14259896783674b3bc07899591471224132c13915111e.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14259896783674b3bc07899591471224132c13915111e.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14259896783674b3bc07899591471224132c13915111e.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14259896783674b3bc07899591471224132c13915111e.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14259896783674b3bc07899591471224132c13915111e.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i>The (not-totally-real) college days of Zaha and Rem.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>On her \u2018negotiations\u2019 to join OMA in 1977<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDiplomacy! Not my best talent! I don&#8217;t play up to people. I remember Rem Koolhaas when they asked me to join OMA, and I said, &#8220;Only as a partner.&#8221; I mean, honestly! I had just finished school. And they said, &#8220;As long as you are an obedient partner.&#8221; I said, &#8220;No, I am not going to be an obedient partner.&#8221; That was the end of my partnership!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>On her search for a new architectural style in the 1970s<\/b> (when the Profession was \u201cstill dominated by the dogma of modernism\u201d):<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlternatives were historicism, post-modernism, and neo-rationalism. I thought there must be another alternative, and so I started to complete the modernist project, not knowing that in this endeavor I would discover other things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>On her design process<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe used to start working with a sketch, a model, a painting or a model cross-section. With digital and visual technology, the skill base has changed.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1425990731098383fa85b42917ac779a64596bd0a5d87.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1425990731098383fa85b42917ac779a64596bd0a5d87.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1425990731098383fa85b42917ac779a64596bd0a5d87.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1425990731098383fa85b42917ac779a64596bd0a5d87.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1425990731098383fa85b42917ac779a64596bd0a5d87.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1425990731098383fa85b42917ac779a64596bd0a5d87.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i>MAXXI: Museum of XXI Century Arts. <a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/projects\/maxxi-museum-of-xxi-century-arts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Architizer database.<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>On project budgets<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know what is going to become expensive and what is cheap. I think it is very important that a project is affordable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>On urban planning<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCities should invest in good spatial organization that has more impact than just making a terrible cheap building, which you see a lot of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>On whether we are experiencing a \u201cgood historical moment\u201d for architecture<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a great moment for the past 10 or 15 years. I am always very wary, because I think the pragmatists, the conservatives, are always lurking around the scenes, happy to leap out at any minute and scuttle anything interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14259910523287e6e6f38debf6052320625593805d758.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14259910523287e6e6f38debf6052320625593805d758.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14259910523287e6e6f38debf6052320625593805d758.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14259910523287e6e6f38debf6052320625593805d758.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14259910523287e6e6f38debf6052320625593805d758.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/14259910523287e6e6f38debf6052320625593805d758.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i><a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/projects\/heydar-aliyev-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Heydar Aliyev Center<\/a>, via <a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/best-building-photographs-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arcaid Images<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>On working with people in her office<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll be honest, it\u2019s very difficult explaining things to men. It\u2019s virtually impossible. The older generation in my office think they know everything better than anyone. The younger generation are much more flexible and adaptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And finally\u2026 <b>On the frustrations of practicing architecture<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have any frustrations. If you want an easy life, don\u2019t be an architect. Ask anybody in my office. You have to work all the time. If you want a nine-to-five job and to go home and relax, just don\u2019t do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spoken like a true architect. For more on Dame Zaha Hadid, read the full interview <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/alain-elkann\/zaha-hadid-arab-architecture_b_6811334.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>, or check out her firm&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/the-best-zaha-hadid-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">astonishing array of architectural presentation videos<\/a>, which chart the evolution of Hadid&#8217;s global work with dramatic, cinematic prowess.<\/p>\n<p>Yours truly,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheAngryArchitect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Angry Architect<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Celebrate a Decade of Inspirational Design with us! Architizer&#8217;s 10th Annual A+Awards program launches this fall \u2014 sign up to receive <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/architizerawards\/awards-newsletter-subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>key program updates<\/i><\/span><\/a><i> and deadline reminders.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zaha&#8217;s words will resonate with young architects for many years to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"architizer_featured_type":"projects","architizer_featured_image":"1553233","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3],"tags":[],"architizer_project":[],"architizer_brand":[],"architizer_firm":[],"architizer_product":[],"class_list":["post-5916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry","category-inspiration"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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