Quotes from Ayn Rand
There is nothing to take a man's freedom away from him, save other men.
- Ayn Rand
Man's character is the product of his premises.
- Ayn Rand
The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence.
- Ayn Rand
Competition is a by-product of productive work, not its goal.
- Ayn Rand
Productiveness is your acceptance of morality, your recognition of the fact that you choose to live.
- Ayn Rand
Any work is creative work if done by a thinking mind.
- Ayn Rand
I dont work with collectives. I don't consult, i don't co-operate, I don't collaborate.
- Ayn Rand
A gun is not an argument.
- Ayn Rand
Art is a selective re-creation of reality according to an artists metaphysical value judgments.
- Ayn Rand
Art is inextricably tied to man's survival - not to his physical survival, but to that on which his physical survival depends: to the preservation and survival of his consciousness.
- Ayn Rand
It [ballet] projects a fragile kind of strength and a certain inflexible precision.
- Ayn Rand
Men hate passion, any great passion. Henry Cameron made a mistake : he loved his work. That was why he fought. That was why he lost.
- Ayn Rand