Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead - quote

“But you see," said Roark quietly, "I have, let’s say, sixty 

years 

to live. Most of that time will be spent working. I’ve chosen 

the work I want to do. If I find no joy in it, then I’m only 

condemning myself to sixty years of torture. And I can find 

the joy only if I do my work in the best way possible to me. 

But the best is a matter of standards—and I set my own 

standards. I inherit nothing. I stand at the end of no 

tradition.

 I may, perhaps, stand at the beginning of one.” 


― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead