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If we can't face death, we'll never overcome it. You have to look it straight in the eye. Then you can turn around and walk back out into the light. ↗

— Maya Lin

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Some artists want to confront. Some want to invoke thought. They're all necessary and they're all valid. ↗

— 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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Sometimes you have to stop thinking. Sometimes you shut down completely. I think that's true in any creative field. ↗

— Maya Lin

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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. ↗

— Maya Lin

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You have to have conviction and completely question everything and anything you do. No matter how much you study, no matter how much you know, the side of your brain that has the smarts won't necessarily help you in making art. ↗

— Maya Lin

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You have to let the viewers come away with their own conclusions. If you dictate what they should think, you've lost it. ↗

— 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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There are men and women still on the streets, and that's all they are saying Can you spare a quarter? I come from a crowd of people who were current on the outlook on life, who were social and knew where they were and had some input into how things seemed to be. ↗

— Abbey Lincoln

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I think that's what really a substantial work is, it's forever. It's the truth now and it was the truth then, and it will be the truth tomorrow. ↗

— Abbey Lincoln

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