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Explore more quotes by 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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"I loved logic, math, computer programming. I loved systems and logic approaches. And so I just figured architecture is this perfect combination."
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"Heresy is another word for freedom of thought."

"Each "way of thinking" has its own shape and color, which wax and wane like the moon."

"How can the thoughts be stopped? Tell the thoughts, 'You take care of your own issues; I am not on your side.' That way you will sit on God's side."

"Of course, in our train of thought, we would all like to think we're on the right track, or at least the same railroad company as the right track."
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