People often ask me if I consider myself to be an architect, fashion designer, or artist. I'm an architect. The paintings I've done are very important to me, but they were part of a process of thinking and developing.
Zaha HadidThe world is looking more and more segmented, the difference between people is becoming greater.
Zaha HadidMy work first engaged with the early russian avant-garde; the paintings of moholy-nagy, el lissitzky's 'prouns' and naum gabo's sculptures, but in particular with the work of kasimir malevitch - he was an early influence for me as a representative of the modern avant-garde intersection between art and design.
Zaha HadidI think about architecture all the time. That's the problem. But I've always been like that. I dream it sometimes.
Zaha Hadid