Ayn Rand on creation
Ayn Rand106 quotes“The basic need of the creator is independence.”
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Ayn RandAyn Rand The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.
Ayn RandAyn Rand Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth.
Ayn RandAyn Rand Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.
Ayn RandAyn Rand It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live.
Ayn RandAyn Rand The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
Ayn RandAyn Rand A man’s sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions.
Ayn RandAyn Rand 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 RandAyn Rand Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.
Ayn RandAyn Rand A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
Ayn RandAyn Rand Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.
Ayn RandAyn Rand The problem is not those who dream, but those who can only dream.
Ayn RandAyn Rand I love you so much that nothing can matter to me, not even you, only my love, not your answer, not even your indifference
Ayn RandAyn Rand It is a free market that makes monopolies impossible.
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