Quotes About Individualism

The individual's duty is to do what he wants to do, to think whatever he likes, to be accountable to no one but himself, to challenge every idea and every person.

Thus it amounts to the same thing whether one gets drunk alone or is a leader of nations.

Let it crumble! Let the rocks revile me and flowers wilt at my coming. Your whole universe is not enough to prove me wrong. You are the king of gods, king of stones and stars, king of the waves of the sea. But you are not the king of man.

The plight of modern man is that he is condemmed to be free.

No doctrine is more optimistic [than existentialism], since it declares that man's destiny lies within himself.

I haven't any troubles, I have some money like a gentleman of leisure, no boss, no wife, no children; I exist, that's all. And that particular trouble is so vague, so metaphysical, that I am ashamed of it.

Be self-indulgent, and those who are also self-indulgent will like you. Tear your neighbor to pieces, and the other neighbors will laugh. But if you beat your soul, all souls will cry out.

In choosing myself, I choose man.

Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself. Such is the first principle of existentialism.

There's no need for red-hot pokers. Hell is--other people!

What is meant by the term existentialism? Most people who use the word would be rather embarrassed if they had to explain it, since, now that the word is all the rage, even the work of a musician or painter is being called existentialist. A gossip columnist in Clartés signs himself The Existentialist, so that by this time the word has been so stretched and has taken on so broad a meaning, that it no longer means anything at all.

The existentialist cannot accept that man can be helped by any sign on earth, for he will interpret the sign as he chooses.

I don't surround myself with anybody, really. I have friends, but I'm kind of an isolationist now. I kind of work on my own.

If a dedication page were to precede the total of my work, it would read: To the glory of Man.

I dont work with collectives. I don't consult, i don't co-operate, I don't collaborate.

I never liked group work in school.

I got some news for you. One, there is no Jesus. Two, there is no God. Three, mind your own business and everything works out.

I usually don't work with other people; I do the whole show myself.

I don't believe in sharing my money. If I go out and work my nuts off and make some money, I don't feel that I should have to share it with my community.

I think people should be allowed to do anything they want. We haven't tried that for a while. Maybe this time it'll work.

I always thought the story [Anthem] would work in three dimensions - and studying that cut material was very useful.

I was born a limited-government person. I've always had this streak going through me.

We live in an age that stresses personal goals, careers, happiness, work and religion. The emphasis is on the individual and how best that individual can satisfy himself.

Even though my parents raised me in a very individualistic way, they were also strict and traditional, which was good. It was hard to sneak out! I think I was quite wild, but in some ways quite contained.