“People want nothing but mirrors around them. To reflect them while they’re reflecting too… Reflections of reflections and echoes of echoes. No beginning and no end. No center and no purpose.”

—  Ayn Rand , book The Fountainhead

Source: The Fountainhead

Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "People want nothing but mirrors around them. To reflect them while they’re reflecting too… Reflections of reflections a…" by Ayn Rand?
Ayn Rand photo
Ayn Rand 322
Russian-American novelist and philosopher 1905–1982

Related quotes

Paulo Coelho photo
Jorge Luis Borges photo

“I saw all the mirrors on earth and none of them reflected me…”

Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, and a key figure in Spanish language literature

Source: The Aleph and Other Stories

Anna Sui photo
Thomas Sowell photo

“The fact that so many successful politicians are such shameless liars is not only a reflection on them, it is also a reflection on us. When the people want the impossible, only liars can satisfy.”

Thomas Sowell (1930) American economist, social theorist, political philosopher and author

Big Lies in Politics http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2012/05/22/big_lies_in_politics/page/full, 22 May 2012.
2010s

Menotti Lerro photo
Hugh Nibley photo
Jean-Luc Godard photo

“Mirrors should reflect before sending an image.”

Jean-Luc Godard (1930) French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and film critic
Jean Cocteau photo

“Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.”

Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker
Rabindranath Tagore photo

Related topics