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
I though about what death is, what a loss is. A sharp pain that lessens with time, but can never quite heal… — Maya Lin Copy Share Image
I do think the smaller-scale studio works have that incredible love of data crunching, whereas I would say the large-scale earthworks tend… — Maya Lin Copy Share Image
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… — Maya Lin Copy Share Image
A lot of my works deal with a passage, which is about time. I don't see anything that I do as a… — 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… — 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
