All Maya Lin Quotes
- You really can't function as a celebrity. Entertainers are celebrities. I'm an architect. I'm an artist. I make things. Architect
- I begin by imagining an artwork verbally. I try to describe in writing what the project is, what it is trying to do. I need… Artwork
- The role of art in society differs for every artist. Art
- I'm as much interested in the form-making as well as getting you to think about what we're doing to the world around us. Form
- I cannot force a design; I do not see this process as being under my conscious control. Cannot Force
- 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,… Art
- 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 than… Adolescence
- 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… Analytically
- I was probably the first kid in my high school to go to Yale. I applied almost as a lark. Then, when I got there,… Applied
- In art or architecture your project is only done when you say it's done. If you want to rip it apart at the eleventh hour… All
- The definition of a modern approach to war is the acknowledgement of individual lives lost. Acknowledgement
- Some artists want to confront. Some want to invoke thought. They're all necessary and they're all valid. All
- It terrified me to have an idea that was solely mine to be no longer a part of my mind, but totally public. Audience
- It's funny, as you live through something you're not aware of it. Aware
- 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. Funny
- Our parents decided not to teach us Chinese. It was an era when they felt we would be better off if we didn't have that… Better
- Competitions are what you do as a good exercise. Competition
- Even though I build buildings and I pursue my architecture, I pursue it as an artist. I deliberately keep a tiny studio. I don't want… Architectural
- To fly we have to have resistance. Attitude
- I try to give people a different way of looking at their surroundings. That's art to me. Architecture