--- title: Zaha Hadid Inspirational Quotes description: Zaha Hadid, the first woman to win the prestigious Pritzker Prize for architecture, died on March 31 at the age of 65. canonical: https://time.com/4278414/zaha-hadid-quotes/ author: Daisy Alioto article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-31T21:02:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:02:09.528Z og:title: 8 Inspiring Zaha Hadid Quotes on Success og:description: 'I am sure that, as a woman, I can do a very good skyscraper' og:url: https://time.com/4278414/zaha-hadid-quotes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt708563b8c5233a79/69888d30ab6d7745e06a90fa/zaha-hadid-dead-03.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2500 og:image:height: 1406 og:image:alt: Zaha-Hadid-dead-03 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 8 Inspiring Zaha Hadid Quotes on Success twitter:description: 'I am sure that, as a woman, I can do a very good skyscraper' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt708563b8c5233a79/69888d30ab6d7745e06a90fa/zaha-hadid-dead-03.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 8 Inspiring Zaha Hadid Quotes on Success > Sponsored content. 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Last year, she shattered another glass ceiling (or dome, [as was more Hadid’s style](http://time.com/4277981/see-zaha-hadids-most-awe-inspiring-buildings/?xid=homepage)) when she became the first female recipient of the RIBA Gold Medal. The loss of the world’s “greatest living female architect,” as she was often called, surely leaves a void. But her wake is [a path itself](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1984685%5F1984745,00.html), never mind the buildings she erected and the wisdom she imparted. These eight quotes from Hadid show what a truly powerful figure she was. “I am sure that, as a woman, I can do a very good skyscraper.” _(_ _via_ [_The Observer_](http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/feb/17/architecture-misogyny-zaha-hadid)_)_ “People used to think women did not have enough logic. Well, that is absolute nonsense. I don’t know the ego of a man or how their mentality works, but there is no difference at all in capability, not formally in terms of the buildings at least. There might be differences in women’s leadership qualities or in their ego issues, but we can design in the same way if we have the chance.” _(_ _via_ [_The Observer_](http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/feb/17/architecture-misogyny-zaha-hadid)_)_ “Women are always told, ‘You’re not going to make it, it’s too difficult, you can’t do that, don’t enter this competition, you’ll never win it.’ They need confidence in themselves and people around them to help them to get on.” _(_ _via_ [_The Telegraph_](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-business/10011974/Zaha-Hadid-interview-Women-are-always-told-they-wont-make-it.html)_)_ **_Read more:_** [_Bobbi Brown: The 3 Skills You Need to Succeed_](http://motto.time.com/4276931/bobbi-browns-success-tips/) “Sometimes, women feel they have to do everything—work, manage the house, look after the children—but there’s too much to do. So you have to learn early on that you can’t do everything yourself, and you have to learn to trust other people to work on your vision.” _(_ _via_ [_The Guardian_](http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/nov/14/zaha-hadid-woman-arab-double-edged-sword)_)_ “If I was a guy, they would think I’m just opinionated. But as a woman, I’m ‘difficult.’ I mean, I can’t change sex.” _(via_ [_The Daily Beast_](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/11/15/zaha-hadid-and-tina-brown-discuss-architecture-feminism-and-more.html)_)_ “I don’t want to be seen as an outsider necessarily, but it means I can carry on with experimentation and innovation. Having to fight hard has made me a better architect.” _(via_ [_The Times_](http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/visualarts/architecture/article4679876.ece)_)_ “Your success will not be determined by your gender or your ethnicity, but only on the scope of your dreams and your hard work to achieve them.” _(via a postcard Hadid wrote to her younger self for_ [_BBC Arts_](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2khp5zWQ9Wmv0Y33bgpT8dk/international-womens-day-a-postcard-to-my-younger-self)_)_ “I will never give myself the luxury of thinking ‘I’ve made it.’ I’m not the same as I was 20 years ago, but I always set the bar higher.” _(via_ [_The Telegraph_](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-business/10011974/Zaha-Hadid-interview-Women-are-always-told-they-wont-make-it.html)_)_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4278414/zaha-hadid-quotes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4278414/zaha-hadid-quotes/"},"headline":"8 Inspiring Zaha Hadid Quotes on Success","datePublished":"2016-03-31T21:02:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:02:09.528Z","description":"'I am sure that, as a woman, I can do a very good skyscraper'","url":"https://time.com/4278414/zaha-hadid-quotes/","keywords":["motto","remembrance","inspiration","motto instagram"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt708563b8c5233a79/69888d30ab6d7745e06a90fa/zaha-hadid-dead-03.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daisy Alioto","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daisy-alioto/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt708563b8c5233a79/69888d30ab6d7745e06a90fa/zaha-hadid-dead-03.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Zaha-Hadid-dead-03","caption":"Zaha-Hadid-dead-03","creditText":"Brigitte Lacombe/Zaha Hadid Architects","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4278414/zaha-hadid-quotes/","name":"8 Inspiring Zaha Hadid Quotes on Success"}}]}] ```