Some artists want to confront. Some want to invoke thought. They're all necessary and they're all valid.
Maya LinNothing is ever guaranteed, and all that came before doesn't predicate what you might do next.
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