Ayn Rand Quote of the Week - 4/10/07

Ayn Rand on the American Indian:

"They didn’t have any rights to the land, and there was no reason for anyone to grant them rights which they had not conceived and were not using . . . . What was it that they were fighting for, when they opposed white men on this continent? For their wish to continue a primitive existence, their ‘right’ to keep part of the earth untouched, unused and not even as property, but just keep everybody out so that you will live practically like an animal, or a few caves above it. Any white person who brings the element of civilization has the right to take over this continent."- Address to West Point, 1974

Ayn Rand Quote of the Week 2 - 6/7/07

"There is no place for whim in any human activity - if it is to be regarded as human." - Ayn Rand, "Art And Cognition" p78

Ayn Rand Quote of the Week

"Painting [re-creates reality] by means of color on a two dimensional surface."
- Ayn Rand, "Art and Cognition"