Maya Lin
Maya Lin
Maya Ying Linis an American designer and artist who is known for her work in sculpture and land art. She first came to fame at the age of 21 as the designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArchitect
Date of Birth5 October 1959
CountryUnited States of America
war loss people
war is not just a victory or loss ... People die.
cutting men air
I saw the Vietnam Veterans Memorial not as an object placed into the earth but as a cut in the earth that has then been polished, like a geode. Interest in the land and concern about how we are polluting the air and water of the planet are what make me want to travel back in geologic time-to witness the shaping of the earth before man.
thinking reason reason-for-everything
I do not think you can find a reason for everything you make.
war definitions modern
The definition of a modern approach to war is the acknowledgement of individual lives lost.
design conscious force
I cannot force a design; I do not see this process as being under my conscious control.
art brain matter
You have to have conviction and completely question everything and anything you do. No matter how much you study, no matter how much you know, the side of your brain that has the smarts won't necessarily help you in making art.
art crazy rip
In art or architecture your project is only done when you say it's done. If you want to rip it apart at the eleventh hour and start all over again, you never finish. I was one of those crazy creatures.
school kids class
I was probably the first kid in my high school to go to Yale. I applied almost as a lark. Then, when I got there, I was the dumbest person in your class.
art fields architecture
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.
pregnancy parent want
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.
children home artist
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.
life positive dream
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.
math perfect logic
I loved logic, math, computer programming. I loved systems and logic approaches. And so I just figured architecture is this perfect combination.
art architecture tricky
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.