--- title: "1 Air and water Quotes By Maya Lin" description: "1 Air and water quotes by Maya Lin. Plus more from Maya Lin and more Air and water sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/385/maya-lin-8428_air_i-saw-the-vietnam-veterans-memorial-not_1584195.jpg" --- > [I saw the Vietnam Veterans Memorial not as an object placed into the earth but as a cut in the earth that has then been polished, like a geode. Interest in the land and concern about how we are polluting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-lin/i-saw-the-vietnam-veterans-memorial-not-as-an-object-placed-into-the-2/) [Maya Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-lin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/385/maya-lin-8428_air_i-saw-the-vietnam-veterans-memorial-not_1584195.jpg) ## More by Maya Lin > [Our lives are given meaning by our actions-accomplishments made while we are "here" that extend beyond our own time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-lin/our-lives-are-given-meaning-by-our-actions-accomplishments-made-while/) [Maya Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-lin/) > [If you don't remember history accurately, how can you learn?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-lin/if-you-don-t-remember-history-accurately-how-can-you-learn/) [Maya Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-lin/) > [My parents are both college professors, and it made me want to question authority, standards and traditions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-lin/my-parents-are-both-college-professors-and-it-made-me-want-to/) [Maya Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-lin/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-lin/i-had-very-few-friends-we-always-ate-dinner-with-our-parents-we-didn/) [Maya Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-lin/) > [Math, it's a puzzle to me. I love figuring out puzzles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-lin/math-it-s-a-puzzle-to-me-i-love-figuring-out-puzzles/) [Maya Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-lin/) > [I cannot force a design; I do not see this process as being under my conscious control.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-lin/i-cannot-force-a-design-i-do-not-see-this-process-as-being-under-my/) [Maya Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-lin/) > [OK, it was black, it was below grade, I was female, Asian American, young, too young to have served. Yet I think none of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-lin/ok-it-was-black-it-was-below-grade-i-was-female-asian-american-young/) [Maya Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-lin/) > [If we can't face death, we'll never overcome it. You have to look it straight in the eye. Then you can turn around and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-lin/if-we-can-t-face-death-we-ll-never-overcome-it-you-have-to-look-it/) [Maya Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-lin/) > [I can't shout out, "Do this." I don't want to be prescriptive. I want to give you facts, and that's the way I've always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-lin/i-can-t-shout-out-do-this-i-don-t-want-to-be-prescriptive-i-want-to/) [Maya Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-lin/) > [Competitions are what you do as a good exercise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-lin/competitions-are-what-you-do-as-a-good-exercise/) [Maya Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-lin/) > [You really can't function as a celebrity. Entertainers are celebrities. I'm an architect. I'm an artist. I make things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-lin/you-really-can-t-function-as-a-celebrity-entertainers-are-celebrities/) [Maya Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-lin/) > [Some of your teachers are actually closer in age to you than you think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-lin/some-of-your-teachers-are-actually-closer-in-age-to-you-than-you-think/) [Maya Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-lin/) > [I think I needed to really move past my first public work as memorialist, and be equally balanced. It's a bit unusual, to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-lin/i-think-i-needed-to-really-move-past-my-first-public-work-as/) [Maya Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-lin/) > [I didn't have anyone to play with so I made up my own world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-lin/i-didn-t-have-anyone-to-play-with-so-i-made-up-my-own-world/) [Maya Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-lin/to-me-the-american-dream-is-being-able-to-follow-your-own-personal/) [Maya Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-lin/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/air-and-water/maya-lin/#itemlist", "name": "1 Air and water Quotes By Maya Lin", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I saw the Vietnam Veterans Memorial not as an object placed into the earth but as a cut in the earth that has then been polished, like a geode. 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