"I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build!"

"Before you can do things for people, you must be the kind of man who can get things done. But to get things done, you…"

"A building has integrity, just as a man and just as seldom! It must be true to its own idea, have its own form, and s…"

"[closing statements in his self-defense in the trial against him] Thousands of years ago the first man discovered how…"

"I play the stock market of the spirit and I sell short."

"Artistic value is achieved collectively by each man subordinating himself to the standards of the majority."

"Dominique Francon: [to Roark] I wish I had never seen your building. It's the things that we admire or want that ensl…"

"Henry Cameron: I told them that the form of a building must follow its function."

"Gail Wynand: [to Roark, regarding the Wynand Building] Build it as a monument to that spirit which is yours - and cou…"

"Peter Keating: You can't hope to survive unless you learn how to compromise. Now, watch me! In just a few short years…"