Top 54 Quotes by Maya Lin

Growing up, I thought I was white. It didn't occur to me I was Asian-American until I was studying abroad in Denmark and there was a little bit of prejudice.

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 loved school. I studied like crazy. I was a Class A nerd.

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

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.

Every memorial in its time has a different goal.

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

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.

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.

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