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I probably spent the first 20 years of my life wanting to be as Am

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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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

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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

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Its funny, as you live through something youre not aware of it. – Maya Lin

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