Maya Lin
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“I deliberately did not read anything about the Vietnam War because I felt the politics of the war eclipsed what happened to the veterans. The politics were irrelevant to what this memorial was.” -Maya Lin
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“I really enjoyed hanging out with some of the teachers. This one chemistry teacher, she liked hanging out. I liked making explosives. We would stay after school and blow things up.” -Maya Lin
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“The role of art in society differs for every artist.” -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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“I deliberately did not read anything about the Vietnam War because I felt the politics of the war eclipsed what happened to the veterans. The politics were irrelevant to what this memorial was.” -Maya Lin
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“You should be having more fun in high school, exploring things because you want to explore them and learning because you love learning-not worrying about competition.” -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. It’s more evident now.” -Maya Lin
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“It’s funny, as you live through something you’re not aware of it.” -Maya Lin
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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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“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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“If we can’t face death, we’ll 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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“My dad was dean of fine arts at the university. I was casting bronzes in the school foundry. I was using the university as a playground.” -Maya Lin
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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 don’t pry into other people’s business.” -Maya Lin
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“I try to give people a different way of looking at their surroundings. That’s art to me.” -Maya Lin
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“Art is very tricky because it’s what you do for yourself. It’s much harder for me to make those works than the monuments or the architecture.” -Maya Lin
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Some of your teachers are actually closer in age to you than you think. – Maya Lin
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