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I try to give people a different way of looking at their surroundi

I try to give people a different way of looking at their surroundings. Thats art to me. – Maya Lin

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In art or architecture your project is only done when you say its 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

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architecture
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When I was building the Vietnam Memorial, I never once asked the veterans what it was like in the war, because from my point of view, you dont pry into other peoples business. – Maya Lin

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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. – Maya Lin

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They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar. – Henry David Thoreau

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The architecture profession has lost a lot of its integrity, especially in the USA. The general architect here has no scruples, no ambitions. – Helmut Jahn

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Architecture aims at Eternity. – Christopher Wren

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architecture

I would have liked maybe to be in architecture or painting, something connected to the fine arts. – Catherine Deneuve

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