#ture

I probably spent the first 20 years of my life wanting to be as American as possible. Through my 20s, and into my 30s, I began to become aware of how so much of my art and architecture has a decidedly Eastern character. ↗

— Maya Lin

#architecture #art #aware #become #began

I started studying what the nature of a monument is and what a monument should be. And for the World War III memorial I designed a futile, almost terrifying passage that ends nowhere. ↗

— Maya Lin

#designed #ends #futile #i #iii

In art or architecture your project is only done when you say it's done. If you want to rip it apart at the eleventh hour and start all over again, you never finish. I was one of those crazy creatures. ↗

— Maya Lin

#apart #architecture #art #crazy #creatures

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

#almost #architecture #art #childlike #go

I like what I'm doing. Today at 88, I wouldn't think of quitting because I can't think of anything else I would rather do. And now with my lectures on all the charitable things that I do, just as you do, I think that what I'm doing matters. ↗

— Art Linkletter

#because #charitable #doing #else #i

Nature does not proceed by leaps and bounds. ↗

— Carolus Linnaeus

#does #leaps #nature #proceed

Every culture loves scatological humour. That's always a favourite. ↗

— Alex D. Linz

#culture #every #favourite #humour #loves

I like to read and write and take pictures and bike. ↗

— Alex D. Linz

#i #like #pictures #read #take

Our nation's infrastructure needs are tremendous, and they're growing. ↗

— Bill Lipinski

#infrastructure #nation #needs #our #tremendous

And when these advances are made, hydrogen can fill critical energy needs beyond transportation. Hydrogen can also be used to heat and generate electricity for our homes. The future possibilities of this energy source are enormous. ↗

— Dan Lipinski

#also #beyond #critical #electricity #energy