Sometimes you have to stop thinking. Sometimes you shut down completely. I think that's true in any creative field.
Maya LinI was probably the first kid in my high school to go to Yale. I applied almost as a lark. Then, when I got there, I was the dumbest person in your class.
Maya LinI was always making things. Even though art was what I did every day, it didn't even occur to me that I would be an artist.
Maya LinIf 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