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“ 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. ”

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The definition of a modern approach to war is the acknowledgement of individual lives lost.

~ Maya Lin

It was a requirement by the veterans to list the 57,000 names. We're reaching a time that we'll acknowledge the individual in a war on a national level.

~ Maya Lin

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

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