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In art or architecture your project is only done when you say it's done. If you want to rip it apart at the eleventh hour and start all over again, you never finish. I was one of those crazy creatures.

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You should be having more fun in high school, exploring things because you want to explore them and learning because you love learning-not worrying about competition.

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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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I loved logic, math, computer programming. I loved systems and logic approaches. And so I just figured architecture is this perfect combination.

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Every memorial in its time has a different goal.

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If we can't face death, we'll never overcome it. You have to look it straight in the eye. Then you can turn around and walk back out into the light.

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For the most part things never get built the way they were drawn.

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OK, it was black, it was below grade, I was female, Asian American, young, too young to have served. Yet I think none of the opposition in that sense hurt me.

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Math, it's a puzzle to me. I love figuring out puzzles.

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The role of art in society differs for every artist.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Architect

Born: October 5th, 1959

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