Ayn Rand, The Romantic Manifesto Quotes

A cardinal principle of good fiction [is]: the theme and the plot of a novel must be integrated—as thoroughly integrated as mind and body or thought and action in a rational view of man.

In art, and in literature, the end and the means, or the subject and the style, must be worthy of each other.That which is not worth contemplating in life, is not worth re-creating in art.

The pursuit of truth is not important. The pursuit of that truth is important which helps you in reaching your goal that is provided you have one.

It [ballet] is a perfect medium for the expression of spiritual love.

A gracefully effortless floating, flowing and flying are the essentials of the ballet’s image of man.