It was such a depressing time. I didn't look very depressed, maybe, but it was really dire. I made a conscious decision not to stop, but it could have gone the other way.
Zaha HadidPeople say I design architectural icons. If I design a building and it becomes an icon, that's ok.
Zaha HadidOf 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 HadidYou don't always have to show art in what's called a white box; you can have a kind of complexity within an exhibit which actually respects the art as well.
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