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A lot of my works deal with a passage, which is about time. I don't see anything that I do as a static object in space. It has to exist as a journey in time.
Maya Lin
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Maya Lin
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 5
Architect
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Landscape Architect
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Sculptor
Athens
Ohio
Maya Ying Lin
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