"Even though I build buildings and I pursue my architecture, I pursue it as an artist. I deliberately keep a tiny studio. I don't want to be an architectural firm. I want to remain an artist."

-- Maya Lin

#Artist Quotes #Want Quotes #Tiny Quotes

“The simplest of women are wonderful liars who can extricate themselves from the most difficult dilemmas with a skill bordering on genius.”
“I'm working now on a collection of Shakespearean sonnets, about 100 of them, that I may publish if anyone's interested. My take on life is a little different from the bard's.”
“One of the challenges you will face is finding a job in our depressed economy, ... In fact, the chances of finding a job are about as good as finding weapons of mass destruction in the Iraqi desert -- slim and none, and slim just left the building.”
“Don't forget, I'm a dragon, I can fly, in the shortest amount of time, I'll bring all my members with me and we'll come to your side.”
“These missiles [Cruise and Pershing II] represent a new generation of missiles whose deployment will help give NATO first-strike capability. With this first-strike strategy, the West believes it could attack Russian military installations with such effectiveness that serious retaliation would be impossible.”
“Asking God for a specific thing will amount to limiting God to a specific answer.”
“My journey deep into coma, outside this lowly physical realm and into the loftiest dwelling place of the almighty Creator, revealed the indescribably immense chasm between our human knowledge and the awe-inspiring realm of God.”

Source : Eben Alexander (2012). “Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey Into the Afterlife”, p.154, Simon and Schuster
“My dad loved black singers. So listening to New Orleans music, eventually I wanted to play an instrument.”

You may also like:

Alexander Calder
Sculptor
Andy Goldsworthy
Photographer
Frank Gehry
Architect
Janet Echelman
Sculptor
Kiki Smith
Artist
Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
Artist
Renzo Piano
Architect
Richard Serra
Sculptor
Tara Donovan
Artist