Top 54 Quotes by Maya Lin

To me, the American Dream is being able to follow your own personal calling. To be able to do what you want to do is incredible freedom.

The process I go through in the art and the architecture, I actually want it to be almost childlike. Sometimes I think it's magical.

The only thing that mattered was what you were to do in life, and it wasn't about money. It was about teaching, or learning.

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.

It was a requirement by the veterans to list the 57,000 names. We're reaching a time that we'll acknowledge the individual in a war on a national level.

I left science, then I went into art, but I approach things very analytically. I choose to pursue both art and architecture as completely separate fields rather than merging them.

The role of art in society differs for every artist.

I'm not in a hurry to do a lot of projects. I am very resolved in each project I take on.

Warmth isn't what minimalists are thought to have.

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.