Top 54 Quotes by Maya Lin

I went through withdrawal when I got out of graduate school. It's what you learn, what you think. That's all that counts.

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.

We were unusually brought up; there was no gender differentiation. I was never thought of as any less than my brother.

My parents are both college professors, and it made me want to question authority, standards and traditions.

Nothing is ever guaranteed, and all that came before doesn't predicate what you might do next.

Every memorial in its time has a different goal.

Some of your teachers are actually closer in age to you than you think.

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.

I had very few friends. We always ate dinner with our parents. We didn't want to go out. American adolescence was a lot wilder than I would have felt comfortable with.

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.