Carolina QuotesAnother adage in art is: you're a child and then you become an adult. You're always trying to regain that pure, almost empathetic response that you have when you're a child. It doesn't come with a lot of baggage. You're not worried about, "Oh, what are you thinking here, here, here?" You just respond in certain ways. I think sometimes: Can you think like a child? We're always trying to regain that. I almost make things imagining a child will experience them.
Maya Lin Connected to the Carolinas
Source
"Public Affairs Television "Becoming American" Interview with Maya Lin (Part 1) in PBS (2003)
- form
- interview
- year
- 2003
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“Another adage in art is: you're a child and then you become …” Maya Lin. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-3FE23A8B69. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/3fe23a8b69
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