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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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The definition of a modern approach to war is the acknowledgement of individual lives lost. – Maya Lin

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How we are using up our home, how we are living and polluting the planet is frightening. It was evident when I was a child. Its more evident now. – Maya Lin

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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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