OK, it was black, it was below grade, I was female, Asian American, young, too young to have served. Yet I think none of the opposition in that sense hurt me.
If you don't remember history accurately, how can you learn? - 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
All my work is much more peaceful than I am.
Our lives are given meaning by our actions-accomplishments made while we are "here" that extend beyond our own time. - Maya Lin
Our lives are given meaning by our actions-accomplishments made while we are "here" that extend beyond our own time.
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
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…
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
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…
To fly we have to have resistance. - Maya Lin
To fly we have to have resistance.
If we forget what used to be, then we’ve lost an ability to really be sensitive to our surroundings. - Maya Lin
If we forget what used to be, then we’ve lost an ability to really be sensitive to our surroundings.
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
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…
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
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.
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