It's funny, as you live through something you're not aware of it. Maya Lin awarefunnylive Change image and share on social
It's only in hindsight that you realize what indeed your childhood was really like. Maya Lin childhoodhindsightrealize Change image and share on social
Sometimes you have to stop thinking. Sometimes you shut down completely. I think that's true in any creative field. Maya Lin completelycreativefield Change image and share on social
You have to have conviction and completely question everything and anything you do. No matter how much you study, no matter how much you know, the side of your brain that has the smarts won't necessarily help you in making art. Maya Lin artbraincompletely share on social
I went through withdrawal when I got out of graduate school. It's what you learn, what you think. That's all that counts. Maya Lin countgraduatelearn Change image and share on social
How we are using up our home, how we are living and polluting the planet is frightening. It was evident when I was a child. It's more evident now. Maya Lin childevidentfrighten Change image and share on social
Art is very tricky because it's what you do for yourself. It's much harder for me to make those works than the monuments or the architecture. Maya Lin architecturearthard Change image and share on social
I was probably the first kid in my high school to go to Yale. I applied almost as a lark. Then, when I got there, I was the dumbest person in your class. Maya Lin applyclassdumb Change image and share on social
When I was very little, we would get letters from China, in Chinese, and they' be censored. We were a very insular little family. Maya Lin censorchinachinese Change image and share on social
Our parents decided not to teach us Chinese. It was an era when they felt we would be better off if we didn't have that complication. Maya Lin chinesecomplicationdecide Change image and share on social
