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I left science, then I went into art, but I approach things very a

I left science, then I went into art, but I approach things very analytically. I choose to pursue both art and architecture as completely separate fields rather than merging them. – Maya Lin

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I started studying what the nature of a monument is and what a monument should be. And for the World War III memorial I designed a futile, almost terrifying passage that ends nowhere. – Maya Lin

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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

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architecture
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To me, the American Dream is being able to follow your own personal calling. To be able to do what you want to do is incredible freedom. – Maya Lin

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If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness. – Tadao Ando

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My house is my refuge, an emotional piece of architecture, not a cold piece of convenience. – Luis Barragan

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

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The job of buildings is to improve human relations: architecture must ease them, not make them worse. – Ralph Erskine

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