We were unusually brought up; there was no gender differentiation. I was never thought of as any less than my brother. — Maya Lin
When I was building the vietnam memorial, I never once asked the veterans what it was like in the war — Maya Lin
When I was very little, we would get letters from china, in chinese, and they’ be censored. We were a very insular little family. — Maya Lin
You couldn’t put me in a social group setting. I’m probably a terrible anarchist deep down. — Maya Lin
You have to let the viewers come away with their own conclusions. If you dictate what they should think, you’ve lost it. — Maya Lin
Sometimes you have to stop thinking. Sometimes you shut down completely. I think that’s true in any creative field. — Maya Lin
The definition of a modern approach to war is the acknowledgement of individual lives lost. — Maya Lin
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. — Maya Lin
My grandfather, on my father’s side, helped to draft one of the first constitutions of china. — Maya Lin
My parents are both college professors, and it made me want to question authority, standards and traditions. — Maya Lin
Nothing is ever guaranteed, and all that came before doesn’t predicate what you might do next. — Maya Lin
Some artists want to confront. Some want to invoke thought. They’re all necessary and they’re all valid. — Maya Lin
I was always making things. Even though art was what I did every day, it didn’t even occur to me that I would be an artist. — Maya Lin
I went through withdrawal when I got out of graduate school. It’s what you learn, what you think. — Maya Lin
