Quotes by Ayn Rand

Explore 5 approved quotes attributed to Ayn Rand.

About Ayn Rand

Portrait of Ayn Rand
Photo portrait credited to "Talbot" (though not on original dust jacket). Published by the Bobbs-Merrill Company. · Public domain

Russian-American philosopher · 1905 – 1982

Ayn Rand left the Soviet Union in 1926, wrote screenplays in Hollywood, and then produced two enormous novels — The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged — arguing that rational self-interest is a virtue and altruism a con. She built a philosophy, Objectivism, around them, and a movement around that. Academic philosophy has largely ignored her; her influence on American politics and business has been considerable. Her lines are quoted with more conviction than almost anyone else's on this site.

Known for: Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, We the Living

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