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
thinking artist should
You have to let the viewers come away with their own conclusions. If you dictate what they should think, you've lost it.
creativity thinking creative
Sometimes you have to stop thinking. Sometimes you shut down completely. I think that's true in any creative field.
artist want invoke
Some artists want to confront. Some want to invoke thought. They're all necessary and they're all valid.
accomplishment our-actions given
Our lives are given meaning by our actions-accomplishments made while we are "here" that extend beyond our own time.
play world made
I didn't have anyone to play with so I made up my own world.
love peace peaceful
All my work is much more peaceful than I am.
hurt thinking black
OK, it was black, it was below grade, I was female, Asian American, young, too young to have served. Yet I think none of the opposition in that sense hurt me.
might next
Nothing is ever guaranteed, and all that came before doesn't predicate what you might do next.
editing goal shapes
My goal is to strip things down so that you need just the right amount of words or shape to convey what you need to convey. I like editing. I like it very tight.
thinking creating people
I like to think of my work as creating a private conversation with each person, no matter how public each work is and no matter how many people are present
inspirational wisdom encouragement
To fly we have to have resistance.
war artist views
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.
eye light looks
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.
journey artist space
A lot of my works deal with a passage, which is about time. I don't see anything that I do as a static object in space. It has to exist as a journey in time.