You have to let the viewers come away with their own conclusions. If you dictate what they should think, you've lost it. Maya Lin conclusiondictatehave 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
It terrified me to have an idea that was solely mine to be no longer a part of my mind, but totally public. Maya Lin idealongmind Change image and share on social
I loved logic, math, computer programming. I loved systems and logic approaches. And so I just figured architecture is this perfect combination. Maya Lin approacharchitecturecombination Change image and share on social
I probably have fundamentally antisocial tendencies. I never took one extracurricular activity. I just failed utterly at that level. Part of me still rebels against that. Maya Lin activityantisocialextracurricular Change image and share on social
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. Maya Lin 000acknowledgeindividual Change image and share on social
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. Maya Lin artartistday Change image and share on social
Even though I build buildings and I pursue my architecture, I pursue it as an artist. I deliberately keep a tiny studio. I don't want to be an architectural firm. I want to remain an artist. Maya Lin architecturalarchitectureartist Change image and share on social
I deliberately did not read anything about the Vietnam War because I felt the politics of the war eclipsed what happened to the veterans. The politics were irrelevant to what this memorial was. Maya Lin deliberatelyeclipsefelt Change image and share on social
My goal is to strip things down so that you need just the right amount of words or shape to convey what you need to convey. I like editing. I like it very tight. Maya Lin amountconveyedit Change image and share on social