1028 quotes by architects for you to enjoy

In city planning, there is no limit to be fixed. Willis Polk

City No Limit Limit Fixed Planning

Architecture is basically a container of something. I hope they will enjoy not so much the teacup, but the tea. Yoshio Taniguchi

Hope Architecture Will Tea Enjoy Something Container Much Basically

When a project has an ample budget, I am interested now in using bigger units of materials. Yoshio Taniguchi

Project Budget Am Materials Bigger Interested Using Now Ample Units

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

Crazy You Remember Exhausted Sense Think Nights Unless Project Those Focused Kind Would Totally Architects Delirium Nobody Days Deadlines Doing Mean Why Row Four Sleep

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. Zaha Hadid

Time Blame Women Architecture Men Long Long Time Building Difficult Think Society No Reason Particularly Industry Clients Were Male Want Reason

I really believe in the idea of the future. Zaha Hadid

Future Believe Idea Really

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. Zaha Hadid

My generation were all careerists. Zaha Hadid

Generation My Generation Were

People say I design architectural icons. If I design a building and it becomes an icon, that's ok. Zaha Hadid

People Building Design Say OK People Say Architectural Becomes Icon Icons

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

Music Art Fashion Day Mood Contains Like Because Literature Moment

I used to not like being called a 'woman architect': I'm an architect, not just a woman architect. Guys used to tap me on the head and say, 'You are okay for a girl.' But I see the incredible amount of need from other women for reassurance that it could be done, so I don't mind that at all. Zaha Hadid

Me You Woman Women Mind Girl Other Incredible Say Okay See Architect Guys Could Head Like Tap Done Just Being Used Reassurance Amount Need

I really love Miami, but I don't think the architecture matches the city. It's a bit too commercial. Zaha Hadid

Love Architecture Think Too Bit City Matches Miami Commercial Really

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. Zaha Hadid

Fashion You Statement Kid London About More Costume Since Been Than Personal Where Interested Then Who Lived

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. Zaha Hadid

You Lie Become Else Once Dare One Thing Wear Follow Fabrics Something Something Else Proportions Animated Pieces Always Still Up Japanese Them Stand Who Thing Designers Appreciated

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

Father Thought Would He Socialist Dame

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

Beautiful Say Always

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

First Everyone Seemed Came Place Uniforms Hard Mao Chairman Chairman Mao

I don't think I am that tough, actually. Well, tough in the sense that I don't take any rubbish, and that doesn't make me very popular, frankly. I mean, because some people say something to me, and I just tell them off. I mean, why should I put up with it? Zaha Hadid

Me People Some People Tough Sense Think Rubbish Say Frankly Tell People Say Some Something Take Put Well Make Because Am Off Up Very Any Just Mean Them Should Popular Why Actually

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