Art is a selective re-creation of reality according to an artists metaphysical value judgments. Ayn Rand More Quotes by Ayn Rand More Quotes From Ayn Rand To love is to value. Only a rationally selfish man, a man of self esteem, is capable of love - because he is the only man capable of holding firm, consistent, uncompromising, unbetrayed value. The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone Ayn Rand selfishself-esteemlove-is I never found beauty in longing for the impossible and never found the possible to be beyond my reach. Ayn Rand longingimpossiblephilosophy I think, therefore I'll think. Ayn Rand inspirationalphilosophylife The cult of moral grayness is a revolt against moral values. Ayn Rand revoltcultmoral Compromise does not satisfy, but dissatisfies everybody; it does not lead to any general fulfillment, but to general frustration; those who try to become everything to all people end up by not being anything to anyone. Ayn Rand frustrationtryingpeople The right of a nation to determine its own form of government does not include the right to establish a slave society (that is, to legalize the enslavement of some men by others). There is no such thing as "the right to enslave." A nation can do it, just as a man can become a criminal- but neither can do it by right. Ayn Rand criminalsdoemen And what, incidentally, do you think integrity is? The ability not to pick a watch out of your neighbor's pocket? No, it's not as easy as that. If that were all, I'd say ninety-five percent of humanity were honest, upright men. Only, as you can see, they aren't. Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea. Ayn Rand integritymenthinking Science was born as a result and consequence of philosophy; it cannot survive without a philosophical base. If philosophy perishes, science will be next to go. Ayn Rand philosophicalphilosophyscience You don't love causes. You don't love everybody indiscriminately. You love only those who deserve it. Ayn Rand causesdeserve Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values. Ayn Rand timebeing-happyhappiness every man is free to rise as far as he's able or willing, but the degree to which he thinks determines the degree to which he'll rise. Ayn Rand positive-thinkingsuccessinspirational I can accept anything, except what seems to be the easiest for most people: the half-way, the almost, the just-about, the in-between. Ayn Rand halfpeopleway I am interested in politics so that one day I will not have to be interested in politics. Ayn Rand libertyone-daypolitics To interpose the threat of physical destruction between a man and his perception of reality, is to negate and paralyze his means of survival to force him to act against his own judgment, is like forcing him to act against his own sight Ayn Rand menmeanreality The man who lets a leader prescribe his course is a wreck being towed to the scrap heap. Ayn Rand atlasleadershipmen Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves - or whether it should be ours here and now and on this earth. Ayn Rand greatnessdreamhappy-life We are on strike, we, the men of the mind. We are on strike against self-immolation. We are on strike against the creed of unearned rewards and unrewarded duties. We are on strike against the dogma that the pursuit of one's happiness is evil. We are on strike against the doctrine that life is guilt. Ayn Rand selfworkmen The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. Whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles. Ayn Rand hatredevilwinning A culture is made — or destroyed — by its articulate voices. Ayn Rand voicemadeculture Contrary to the ecologists, nature does not stand still and does not maintain the kind of equilibrium that guarantees the survival of any particular species - least of all the survival of her greatest and most fragile product: man. Ayn Rand earth-daysurvivalmen
