"You really can't function as a celebrity. Entertainers are celebrities. I'm an architect. I'm an artist. I make things."

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Maya Lin

#Artist Quotes #Architecture Quotes #Function Quotes

“When you get as old as I am, you kind of believe there's nothing new under the sun, but there's always a fresh way of looking at something. That's why I love working with young people. They remind you of things you used to know and have since forgotten.”
“You hate it before you played it. I already forgave ya.”
“Look closely at the present you are constructing: it should look like the future you are dreaming.”
“Service is the ultimate edge. Keep it sharp.”
“You aren't angry " "You must be joking " she said dryly. "I'm alive Nicholas. And I'm immortal like you. This rocks”
“If ancient descent could confer nobility, the lower forms of life would possess it in a greater degree than man.”
“PRACTICE THE Art of Peace sincerely, and evil thoughts and deeds will naturally disappear. The only desire that should remain is the thirst for more and more training in the Way.”
“Knowing you don't have much time left changes things. You get kind of philosophical. And you figure things out-more like, they figure themselves out-and everything gets real clear.”

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