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I left science, then I went into art, but I approach things very analytically. I choose to pursue both art and architecture as completely separate fields rather than merging them.

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Maya Lin
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 5
Architect
Designer
Land Artist
Landscape Architect
Printmaker
Sculptor
Athens
Ohio
Maya Ying Lin
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Analytically
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Merging
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Science
Architecture
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If you don't remember history accurately, how can you learn?
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The definition of a modern approach to war is the acknowledgement of individual lives lost.
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You couldn't put me in a social group setting. I'm probably a terrible anarchist deep down.
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