I started studying what the nature of a monument is and what a monument should be. And for the World War III memorial I designed a futile, almost terrifying passage that ends nowhere. – Maya Lin
How we are using up our home, how we are living and polluting the planet is frightening. It was evident when I was a child. Its more evident now. – Maya Lin
The definition of a modern approach to war is the acknowledgement of individual lives lost. – Maya Lin
When I was building the Vietnam Memorial, I never once asked the veterans what it was like in the war, because from my point of view, you dont pry into other peoples business. – Maya Lin
No, I chose the name Jane Seymour because I was doing my first film, Ode to Lovely War, and one of the top agents in England spotted me dancing in the chorus. I was a singer and dancer in that movie with Maggie Smith, um, and he told me he couldnt sell me as Joyce Penelope Willomena Frankenburger. – Jane Seymour