Quote by Maya Lin
Art is very tricky because its what you do for yourself. Its much

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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If we cant face death, well never overcome it. You have to look it straight in the eye. Then you can turn around and walk back out into the light. – Maya Lin

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Death
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It was a requirement by the veterans to list the 57,000 names. Were reaching a time that well acknowledge the individual in a war on a national level. – Maya Lin

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War
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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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I strive for an architecture from which nothing can be taken away. – Helmut Jahn

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For many years, I have lived uncomfortably with the belief that most planning and architectural design suffers for lack of real and basic purpose. The ultimate purpose, it seems to me, must be the improvement of mankind. – James Rouse

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The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future. The house thinks of the present. – Adolf Loos

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architecture

The intellectual architecture means focusing on doing great work instead of focusing on agency politics. – Jay Chiat

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architecture

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