"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"

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Source : Maya Lin (2016). “Boundaries”, p.15, Simon and Schuster

Maya Lin

#Thinking Quotes #Creating Quotes #People Quotes

“Soviet-era nostalgia has strong support among the people. But not among the elite and, in my opinion, not with the president. We are not interested in keeping remnants of the communist era alive.”
“Kazan was an old friend, I met him in 1938. He picked up radio jobs for eating money, so I met him on a couple of radio shows. Later on I was in a play he directed.”
“A failure doesn't mean you are unworthy, nor does it preclude success on the next try.”
“Compassion is more important than intellect in calling forth the love that the work of peace needs, and intuition can often be a far more powerful searchlight than cold reason.”

Source : Betty Williams' Nobel Lecture in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1977.
“Ignoring moralities is always undesirable, but doing so systematically is reallyworrisome.”
“God bless our good and gracious King, Whose promise none relies on; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one.”
“I want to be prophetic and take stands and stand with those on the margins, and I want to laugh as much as I can.”

Source : "Priest Fights Gangs With 'Boundless Compassion'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. May 20, 2010.
“We all want to do the right thing for our children. We all don't know what that is and we all - you know, you won't know until the future.”

Source : "Battle Hymn Of The Tiger Mother". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. January 13, 2011.

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