I cannot force a design; I do not see this process as being under my conscious control. Maya Lin More Quotes by Maya Lin More Quotes From Maya Lin 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 chinese letters littles The process I go through in the art and the architecture, I actually want it to be almost childlike. Sometimes I think it's magical. Maya Lin serendipity art thinking My parents are both college professors, and it made me want to question authority, standards and traditions. Maya Lin parent artist college 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 worry fun school Some of your teachers are actually closer in age to you than you think. Maya Lin artist teacher thinking You couldn't put me in a social group setting. I'm probably a terrible anarchist deep down. Maya Lin fog groups artist You really can't function as a celebrity. Entertainers are celebrities. I'm an architect. I'm an artist. I make things. Maya Lin function architecture artist I begin by imagining an artwork verbally. I try to describe in writing what the project is, what it is trying to do. I need to understand the artwork without giving it a specific materiality or solid form. Maya Lin writing trying giving The role of art in society differs for every artist. Maya Lin roles artist art It's only in hindsight that you realize what indeed your childhood was really like. Maya Lin childhood fatherhood artist Every memorial in its time has a different goal. Maya Lin memorial different goal 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 dad art school 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 character years art I went through withdrawal when I got out of graduate school. It's what you learn, what you think. That's all that counts. Maya Lin artist school thinking To fly, we must have resistance. Maya Lin resistance I do not think you can find a reason for everything you make. Maya Lin reason-for-everything reason thinking I was always making things. Even though art was what I did every day, it didn't even occur to me that I would be an artist. Maya Lin artist would-be art It terrified me to have an idea that was solely mine to be no longer a part of my mind, but totally public. Maya Lin artist mind ideas It's funny, as you live through something you're not aware of it. Maya Lin I had very few friends. We always ate dinner with our parents. We didn't want to go out. American adolescence was a lot wilder than I would have felt comfortable with. Maya Lin parent want pregnancy
