Hadid Quotes & Sayings

I grew up in Malibu, so it's nice to be back home and be with my parents and sit and drive my car and listen to music and just chill out for a little bit. — Bella Hadid

You're on set for 15 hours, and then you go home and make sure you're posting the right stuff on social media, and then you answer your e-mails. It never stops. — Gigi Hadid

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

Rag & Bone is a big part of my closet. I just really like how their jeans fit; I wear them a lot, and I think they make really cool staple pieces. — Gigi Hadid

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

Life in the Middle East is quite different from other places. — Zaha Hadid

I am sure that as a woman I can do a very good skyscraper. — Zaha Hadid

I've been watching Maybelline commercials since I was little and singing along with the jingle and doing little Maybelline commercials in my bathroom when I was, like, 10. — Gigi Hadid

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

I post pictures that I want to post and say what I want to say. If that's three times a day or three times per month, then whatever. — Gigi Hadid

People in power, they're so used to people kind of playing up to them. — Zaha Hadid

I can eat healthy when I want to, and I can work out every single day, and I can have the body for a certain runway show if I need to, but that doesn't mean that I'm doing it in an unhealthy way. — Gigi Hadid

I've always thought that design can have equal importance to the idea of internal architecture. Professionally, things can be very dogmatic - you do the architecture, someone else does the interiors, someone else does the furniture, the fabric, etc. But I think design is all-encompassing. — Zaha Hadid

I love driving around east London - it's always full of surprises. Actually, I don't drive myself - I like to be driven. — Zaha Hadid

You find how you feel your best, whether you feel better when you're eating gluten-free or whatever it is. I feel better when I eat a burger every other night. — Gigi Hadid

There wasn't really one time in my life where I was like, 'I want to be a model!' — Bella Hadid

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

I am equally proud of all of my architectural projects. It's always rewarding to see an ambitious design become reality. — Zaha Hadid

It's very important for cities all around the world to reinvent themselves, and Glasgow is a good example of that. The Scots are very nice. I don't think they are burdened by their history. — Zaha Hadid

I pay attention to how every makeup artist does everything. — Gigi Hadid

The show girls do, like, 12 shows a day. I only did one or two shows a day, and I was like, 'I need to go to sleep.' — Bella Hadid

I think that in life you don't need too much; you need friends, you need to do what you like doing. — Zaha Hadid

It sounds really cheesy, but I've just really been so focused on making sure that I am nice to everyone that I work with and making the effort to get to know the people on set, whether it's the catering crew or the famous photographer. — Gigi Hadid

What people want to know is, OK, what's after modeling? It's not just OK anymore to model until you're 25 and then stop and be a housewife. — Gigi Hadid

Women are always told, 'You're not going to make it, its 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. — Zaha Hadid

Contrary to popular view, I've never been patronized in the Middle East. Men maybe treat women differently, but they do not treat them with disrespect. They don't hate women. It's a very different kind of mentality. — Zaha Hadid

If I wanted to do clothes or if I wanted to make a building or design a choreography, you are able to do that - they are all under a similar kind of design umbrella. — Zaha Hadid

I have a weird thing against facials. I feel like all day my face is being touched and messed with on set, so I don't want more people touching my face! — Gigi Hadid

A camel is a very awkward animal to ride, and it's very hard to get used to because they're not very graceful. — Gigi Hadid

I don't think that architecture is only about shelter, is only about a very simple enclosure. It should be able to excite you, to calm you, to make you think. — Zaha Hadid

Twitter is the place where I try to be more funny. And then I use Instagram just as my diary. I pull some jokes on there, but I think people have a better sense of humor on Twitter. — Gigi Hadid

My thighs were huge; they were like rock! Growing up, I was really athletic, and I had a very athletic body. — Gigi Hadid

I always say, 'Eat clean to stay fit; have a burger to stay sane.' — Gigi Hadid

My Pirelli calendar is hanging on the wall of my friend's frat house, and he doesn't know anything about fashion. That balance is what leads to big campaigns outside of fashion. But I never want to choose one or the other. Both commercial and high fashion are what make my job so interesting. — Gigi Hadid

A lot of the time, we're shooting summer campaigns in winter because they have to come out the next season. It's the hardest to feel great in a bikini when it's cold ... so I appreciate a swimsuit shoot that's in warm weather. — Gigi Hadid

I'm always tan and blonde and don't really fit into New York. I'm a California girl, even if I try and cover it up with leather. — Gigi Hadid

My fashion resolution for 2015 is to continue to be inspired by all of the great designers of the past and present while keeping true to my style and myself. — Bella Hadid

I know this sounds weird, but I was into storyboarding when I was younger. I loved coming up with my own style through fashion blogs and magazines. But I've never liked trying things on. I don't know why. It was more about making mood boards. I've loved fashion my whole life, but more the imagery of it than actually wearing it. — Gigi Hadid

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 Hadid

I grew up on the beach, so I'm really comfortable in a bathing suit, playing volleyball, running around. — Gigi Hadid

I'm so socially awkward. I really had to put myself out there and meet new people. — Bella Hadid

Wherever I am in the world, my perfect day begins with waking up and heading to the beach or the pool or somewhere I can be semi-comatose. I just wake up and go to the sun. — Zaha Hadid

There are 360 degrees, so why stick to one? — Zaha Hadid

I would love to try trends from the '60s and '70s and on but still keep my look modern and young. — Bella Hadid

Blondes are so angelic. My sister can get away with anything. — Bella Hadid

I just aspire to be the best I can be. I want to work hard and set one goal at a time for myself. — Bella Hadid

I only box. It's the only thing that keeps me sane. I can't just go to the gym and run. I'd rather die. I played volleyball and rode horses my entire life, so just, like, moving to a city and having to go the gym was just, like, so weird for me. — Gigi Hadid

It's very important that historic cities are allowed to reinvent their future. — Zaha Hadid

If I don't book a job, I like to see it not as a rejection but as a redirection to something different. — Bella Hadid

I have more than 4 million followers on Instagram. All the companies I work for want me to guarantee how much I'll post for them, but I'm not going to force my career onto the people who follow me. I refuse to do 40 Instagram posts about any campaign. — Gigi Hadid

Everyone has a different body shape, so you kind of have to figure out not only what works best for your body type, but what also makes you feel confident. Even if everyone thinks you look good in a bikini, and you don't feel good in it, you're not going to be at your best. If you feel great in a bikini, you can always work it. — Gigi Hadid

It's really about making opportunities for yourself and connecting with people on a more-than-normal level. That opens doors. You never know if the caterer's brother is someone. You don't know who someone is having dinner with that night. So being a nice person and touching people creates opportunity. — Gigi Hadid

People always make fun of my eyebrows and think that I shape them this way! But if you see a picture of me from when I was two years old, I have the same exact eyebrow shape. — Gigi Hadid

I think that it's nice when someone can go and look more exotic and do the girl-next-door thing as well. — Gigi Hadid

I'm not really a big 'working out' person, but I definitely like to do cardio when I do. I guess I run sometimes, drink green juices once a week. — Bella Hadid

I'm the only one in - of my siblings, my mom and my family - that hasn't been affected by Lyme disease. It's been really hard for me because I'm the only one that doesn't really understand it. — Gigi Hadid

No, I don't think I have the same body type as the other models in shows. No, I don't think I am the best at any given show. Yes, I want a unique walk, but I also know I have to improve. — Gigi Hadid

I'm a pushover. I make allowances for people if I like them. — Zaha Hadid

I have always appreciated those who dare to experiment with materials and proportions. — Zaha Hadid

I like to do at least 15 minutes of cardio every day if I can fit it in. — Bella Hadid

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

I love sports - I used to play volleyball really competitively ... I went to Junior Olympic qualifiers, and I've ridden horses my whole life. — Gigi Hadid

I can't focus when there's too many things around. Whenever I used to go to the office, I used to always say, 'Tidy up.' — Zaha Hadid

On a casual day, I'd usually pull out my vintage Levi's, a pair of loafers or beat-up Converse, a bomber jacket, and a button-down shirt. — Bella Hadid

When women do succeed, the press, even the industry press, spend far too much time talking about how we dress, what shoes we're wearing, who we're meant to be seeing. That's pretty sad for women, especially when it's written by women who really should know better. — Zaha Hadid

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

Yes, I'm a feminist, because I see all women as smart, gifted and tough. — Zaha Hadid

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

My sister is my little star, and I'm excited for her and proud of her. With her, I'm protective, but also I don't want to be that sister who's really pushy and thinks they know everything and making her feel like she doesn't know what she's doing. I'm trying to be that cool older sister and not the mom, but it's hard. — Gigi Hadid

My mom always taught me to put toothpaste on pimples to dry them out at night. I do that all the time. I don't use anything fancy when I get a pimple. And I never use the same toothpaste for long because I get bored. So I'll do peppermint and then one month I'll do cinnamon. I'm creative. — Gigi Hadid

I will always have two regrets. I don't have a presence in London, and I would have liked to have done more work in the Middle East. — Zaha Hadid

I made a decision when I was in school that I'd have a lot of male friends. — Zaha Hadid

I know that the designers that have me in their shows have me for a reason, I know that the designers that don't have me in their shows don't have me for a reason, and I accept either way. — Gigi Hadid

All the privileged can travel, see different worlds; not everyone can. I think it is important for people to have an interesting locale nearby. — Zaha Hadid

I'm trying to discover - invent, I suppose - an architecture, and forms of urban planning, that do something of the same thing in a contemporary way. I started out trying to create buildings that would sparkle like isolated jewels; now I want them to connect, to form a new kind of landscape, to flow together with contemporary cities and the lives of their peoples. — Zaha Hadid

There are so many great galleries and museums in London, but they can be very crowded during the day. — Zaha Hadid

I love St. Ives Apricot Scrub, and you can just get that at CVS - it's so good, though; it's my favorite! Usually I only use that when I shower, because if I don't shower, I'm usually too tired to wash my face and just use Maybelline cleansing wipes. And then I use Chanel Hydra Beauty Lotion. That's so good, I love it. — Gigi Hadid

I definitely gain weight, and I'm not naturally thin. — Bella Hadid

As a woman, I'm expected to want everything to be nice and to be nice myself. A very English thing. I don't design nice buildings - I don't like them. I like architecture to have some raw, vital, earthy quality. — Zaha Hadid

When I was 11, I made truffle risotto for my family for Christmas dinner. — Gigi Hadid

My friendships are very important to me. — Zaha Hadid

I definitely have my Palestinian gene. I love to play host. — Bella Hadid

Coming back to Guess is so natural for me; they're my family. I always love being back, and to be able to come home and be in Malibu across the street from my high school shooting this campaign is absolutely amazing and just feels like the right thing. — Gigi Hadid

Architecture is really about well-being. I think that people want to feel good in a space ... On the one hand it's about shelter, but it's also about pleasure. — Zaha Hadid

I will be the first to say, when I started, I was the worst on the runway ever. I feel like I try to keep learning every time I step off a runway; I try to get better with each one. I hope that I'm getting better as I go - it takes a few seasons to get your Karlie Kloss walk on. — Gigi Hadid

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

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

When I taught, all my best students were women. — Zaha Hadid

I think that something photographers find about me is that I work really hard to make sure I know what they want before I start shooting. — Gigi Hadid

Like men, women have to be diligent and work hard. — Zaha Hadid

I literally order sushi, watch 'Law & Order,' and go to sleep at 9 o'clock every night. I'm a grandmother. — Bella Hadid

The spirit of adventure to embrace the new and the incredible belief in the power of invention attracted me to the Russian avant-garde. — Zaha Hadid

I'm really self-conscious if I go to trainers, so I just do stuff on my own. I go on the treadmill or do yoga and Pilates if I can. — Bella Hadid

Not enough people know what Lyme disease is and the dangers of being bitten by an insect. — Gigi Hadid

I miss aspects of being in the Arab world - the language - and there is a tranquility in these cities with great rivers. Whether it's Cairo or Baghdad, you sit there and you think, 'This river has flown here for thousands of years.' There are magical moments in these places. — Zaha Hadid

I don't particularly like showing furniture on pedestals, but for whatever reasons you always have to in museums. — Zaha Hadid

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

In third grade, I played basketball with the boys every day at lunch. I had braces that were yellow and purple, and I wore full Laker uniforms to school. — Gigi Hadid

Boxing has been great for me because it's, like, my new sport, so it's something that I can get better at. — Gigi Hadid

Of 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 Hadid