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Maya Lin Quotes

In art or architecture your project is only done when you say it's done. If you want to rip it apart at the eleventh hour and start all over again, you never finish. I was one of those crazy creatures Picture Quote #1

You have to have conviction and completely question everything and anything you do. No matter how much you study, no matter how much you know, the side of your brain that has the smarts won't necessarily help you in making art Picture Quote #1

We were unusually brought up; there was no gender differentiation. I was never thought of as any less than my brother Picture Quote #1

If we forget what used to be, then we’ve lost an ability to really be sensitive to our surroundings Picture Quote #1

I like to think of my work as creating a private conversation with each person, no matter how public each work is and no matter how many people are present Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I think creativity is magic; it’s not a matter of finding an idea, but allowing the idea to find you Picture Quote #1

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I probably spent the first 20 years of my life wanting to be as American as possible. Through my 20s, and into my 30s, I began to become aware of how so much of my art and architecture has a decidedly Eastern character Picture Quote #1

Architecture is like a mythical fantastic. It has to be experienced. It can’t be described. We can draw it up and we can make models of it, but it can only be experienced as a complete whole Picture Quote #1

I cannot force a design; I do not see this process as being under my conscious control Picture Quote #1

You have to let the viewers come away with their own conclusions. If you dictate what they should think, you’ve lost it Picture Quote #1

You couldn’t put me in a social group setting. I’m probably a terrible anarchist deep down Picture Quote #1

I though about what death is, what a loss is. A sharp pain that lessens with time, but can never quite heal over. A scar. The idea occurred to me there on the site. Take a knife and cut open the earth, and with time the grass would heal it. As if you cut open the rock and polished it Picture Quote #1

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Sometimes you have to stop thinking. Sometimes you shut down completely. I think that’s true in any creative field Picture Quote #1

Some artists want to confront. Some want to invoke thought. They’re all necessary and they’re all valid Picture Quote #1

Nothing is ever guaranteed, and all that came before doesn’t predicate what you might do next Picture Quote #1

My parents are both college professors, and it made me want to question authority, standards and traditions Picture Quote #1

My goal is to strip things down so that you need just the right amount of words or shape to convey what you need to convey. I like editing. I like it very tight Picture Quote #1

It’s only in hindsight that you realize what indeed your childhood was really like Picture Quote #1

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I’m not in a hurry to do a lot of projects. I am very resolved in each project I take on Picture Quote #1

I went through withdrawal when I got out of graduate school. It’s what you learn, what you think. That’s all that counts Picture Quote #1

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In art or architecture your project is only done when you say it's done. If you want to rip it apart at the eleventh hour and start all over again, you never finish. I was one of those crazy creatures (Maya Lin Quotes) You have to have conviction and completely question everything and anything you do. No matter how much you study, no matter how much you know, the side of your brain that has the smarts won't necessarily help you in making art (Maya Lin Quotes) We were unusually brought up; there was no gender differentiation. I was never thought of as any less than my brother (Maya Lin Quotes) If we forget what used to be, then we’ve lost an ability to really be sensitive to our surroundings (Maya Lin Quotes) I like to think of my work as creating a private conversation with each person, no matter how public each work is and no matter how many people are present (Maya Lin Quotes) Sometimes I think creativity is magic; it’s not a matter of finding an idea, but allowing the idea to find you (Maya Lin Quotes) I probably spent the first 20 years of my life wanting to be as American as possible. Through my 20s, and into my 30s, I began to become aware of how so much of my art and architecture has a decidedly Eastern character (Maya Lin Quotes) Architecture is like a mythical fantastic. It has to be experienced. It can’t be described. We can draw it up and we can make models of it, but it can only be experienced as a complete whole (Maya Lin Quotes) I cannot force a design; I do not see this process as being under my conscious control (Maya Lin Quotes) You have to let the viewers come away with their own conclusions. If you dictate what they should think, you’ve lost it (Maya Lin Quotes) You couldn’t put me in a social group setting. I’m probably a terrible anarchist deep down (Maya Lin Quotes) I though about what death is, what a loss is. A sharp pain that lessens with time, but can never quite heal over. A scar. The idea occurred to me there on the site. Take a knife and cut open the earth, and with time the grass would heal it. As if you cut open the rock and polished it (Maya Lin Quotes) Sometimes you have to stop thinking. Sometimes you shut down completely. I think that’s true in any creative field (Maya Lin Quotes) Some artists want to confront. Some want to invoke thought. They’re all necessary and they’re all valid (Maya Lin Quotes) Nothing is ever guaranteed, and all that came before doesn’t predicate what you might do next (Maya Lin Quotes) My parents are both college professors, and it made me want to question authority, standards and traditions (Maya Lin Quotes) My goal is to strip things down so that you need just the right amount of words or shape to convey what you need to convey. I like editing. I like it very tight (Maya Lin Quotes) It’s only in hindsight that you realize what indeed your childhood was really like (Maya Lin Quotes) I’m not in a hurry to do a lot of projects. I am very resolved in each project I take on (Maya Lin Quotes) I went through withdrawal when I got out of graduate school. It’s what you learn, what you think. That’s all that counts (Maya Lin Quotes)

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