Top 54 Quotes by Maya Lin

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.

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.

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

When I was building the Vietnam Memorial, I never once asked the veterans what it was like in the war, because from my point of view, you don't pry into other people's business.

Warmth isn't what minimalists are thought to have.

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