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 working between the architecture, the art, and what I would say is a synthesis, the memorials… — Maya Lin Copy Share Image
I also wanted remembering the past relevant to the present. Some people wanted me to put the names in alphabetical order. I wanted them in chronological order so that a veteran could find his time within the panel. It's like… — Maya Lin Copy Share Image
Our lives are given meaning by our actions-accomplishments made while we are "here" that extend beyond our own time. — Maya Lin Copy Share Image
My parents are both college professors, and it made me want to question authority, standards and traditions. — Maya Lin Copy Share Image
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… — Maya Lin Copy Share Image
I cannot force a design; I do not see this process as being under my conscious control. — Maya Lin Copy Share Image
OK, it was black, it was below grade, I was female, Asian American, young, too young to have served. Yet I think none of… — Maya Lin Copy Share Image
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… — Maya Lin Copy Share Image
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… — Maya Lin Copy Share Image
You really can't function as a celebrity. Entertainers are celebrities. I'm an architect. I'm an artist. I make things. — Maya Lin Copy Share Image
