Architecture is like a mythical fantastic. It has to be experienced. It can't be described. We can draw it up and we can make models of it, but it can only be experienced as a complete whole.
Maya LinMy parents are both college professors, and it made me want to question authority, standards and traditions.
Maya LinOur parents decided not to teach us Chinese. It was an era when they felt we would be better off if we didn't have that complication.
Maya LinI think I've always had an activist stance, yet at the same time, the other side of me - and this is where some people just don't get it, or they'd prefer it if the work was a lot uglier, a lot louder - I have this personality where I just want to put something out that's a fact and then let you interpret it. It's almost as if you might barely notice it, you might walk right by it, but you have to pay attention.
Maya Lin