I try to give people a different way of looking at their surroundings. Thats art to me. – Maya Lin
When I was very little, we would get letters from China, in Chinese, and they be censored. We were a very insular little family. – Maya Lin
Even though I build buildings and I pursue my architecture, I pursue it as an artist. I deliberately keep a tiny studio. I dont want to be an architectural firm. I want to remain an artist. – Maya Lin
Art is very tricky because its what you do for yourself. Its much harder for me to make those works than the monuments or the architecture. – Maya Lin