An artist fights to retain the integrity of a work so that it remains a strong, clear vision. Art is and should be the act of an individual willing t…

- Maya Lin

If you don't remember history accurately, how can you learn?

- Maya Lin

All my work is much more peaceful than I am.

- Maya Lin

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. Inter…

- Maya Lin

Our lives are given meaning by our actions-accomplishments made while we are "here" that extend beyond our own time.

- Maya Lin

If we forget what used to be, then we’ve lost an ability to really be sensitive to our surroundings.

- 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

I like to think of my work as creating a private conversation with each person, no matter how public each work is and no matter how many people are p…

- Maya Lin