The definition of a modern approach to war is the acknowledgement of individual lives lost.
Maya Lin

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.
Maya Lin

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.
Maya Lin

The role of art in society differs for every artist.
Maya Lin

To fly we have to have resistance.
Maya Lin

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.
Maya Lin

Warmth isn't what minimalists are thought to have.
Maya Lin

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

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.
Maya Lin

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

You couldn't put me in a social group setting. I'm probably a terrible anarchist deep down.
Maya Lin

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

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

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.
Maya Lin