"I think art is personal to each artist, and so to me it is what my art always has been about. But that’s my choice as an artist. I don’t believe art necessarily has to be any one thing. In fact, if we all felt inclined to have to do that, I think it would be a disaster for art."
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"Q. & A. | Maya Lin on Saving the Planet Through Art" in The New York Times Magazine (3 July 2014)
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