The inhabitant



I want to
understand simplicity
not as a rigid
minimalist ideal,
in which a formula
toward spareness
is almost
religiously pursued,
but to see it
as a composition
of forms, materials,
and textures
that is
fundamentally
"quiet".

-- Maya Lin

 


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What I do
Reference Librarian, University of California, Berkeley
Editorial Board member (emeritus), Reference Services Review

Previously
Member, Marin County Library Commission
Service Design Analyst, California Digital Library
Internet Services Librarian, Washoe County Library System, Reno, Nevada
Networked Information Services Coordinator, University of Texas at Austin General Libraries
Reference Librarian, Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania


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    Quotation:
    Maya Lin, Boundaries
    New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000
    p.10:04

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