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An artist fights to retain the integrity of a work so that it remains a strong, clear vision. Art is and should be the act of an individual willing to say something new, something not quite familiar.

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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
Art
Willing
Work
Vision
Something
Quite
Clear
Retain
Fighting
Fights
Individual
Familiar
Strong
Integrity
Artist
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I 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.
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My dad was dean of fine arts at the university. I was casting bronzes in the school foundry. I was using the university as a playground.
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