113 Quotes by Maya Lin

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

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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

The process I go through in the art and the architecture, I actually want it to be almost childlike. Sometimes I think it's magical.