Quotes by Architects

My dad was dean of fine arts at the university. I was casting bronzes in the school foundry. I was using the university as a playground. Maya Lin

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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. Maya Lin

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All my work is much more peaceful than I am. Maya Lin

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Some of your teachers are actually closer in age to you than you think. Maya Lin

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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. Maya Lin

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

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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. Maya Lin

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Warmth isn't what minimalists are thought to have. Maya Lin

Thought Warmth

It sounds really over the top to say you're responsible for the city of New York, but I do feel responsibility to the city of New York, to this country, to people everywhere. So many people were affected by the events of September 11, and I feel this is one of the ways that that event will be understood and defined. Michael Arad

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When I was in the Army, the unit I served in, you could never stop. It was a volunteer unit, and there was a fairly high rate of attrition. The people who stayed through are the people who were either great at it or the people who just didn't know how to stop. And I fell into that second category. Michael Arad

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It was really a magical moment, to see this idea that's in your head. Michael Arad

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How do you design it so that people can form a space of their own, and feel quiet and contemplative? Michael Arad

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If I wasn't going to live in Israel, I had to live in New York. Michael Arad

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There are bound to be differences in any artistic collaboration with landscape elements, or theater, of lighting elements. Michael Arad

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