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
goal memorial different
Every memorial in its time has a different goal.
art artist would-be
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.
way architecture built
For the most part things never get built the way they were drawn.
artist levels rebel
I probably have fundamentally antisocial tendencies. I never took one extracurricular activity. I just failed utterly at that level. Part of me still rebels against that.
artist want tiny
Even though I build buildings and I pursue my architecture, I pursue it as an artist. I deliberately keep a tiny studio. I don't want to be an architectural firm. I want to remain an artist.
fun school worry
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.
teacher thinking age
Some of your teachers are actually closer in age to you than you think.
artist projects
I'm not in a hurry to do a lot of projects. I am very resolved in each project I take on.
teacher school blow
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.
brother differentiation gender
We were unusually brought up; there was no gender differentiation. I was never thought of as any less than my brother.
crazy school class
I loved school. I studied like crazy. I was a Class A nerd.
parent chinese eras
Our parents decided not to teach us Chinese. It was an era when they felt we would be better off if we didn't have that complication.
patterns resistance flight
To fly, we have to have resistance. It's all about turbulence. Reacting to images of wave patterns in fluid motion.
architecture warmth
Warmth isn't what minimalists are thought to have.