Ayn Rand Quotes About Mediocrity

• "Mediocrity" doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters.

  Ayn Rand

  Mean, Average, Gossip

• Those touchy mediocrities who sit trembling lest someone's work prove greater than their own - they have no inkling of the loneliness that comes when you reach the top. The loneliness for an equal - for a mind to respect and an achievement to admire.

  Ayn Rand

  Loneliness, Achievement, Mind

  Ayn Rand (2005). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.348, Penguin

• in architecture, mediocrity is more glaringly obvious than in other lines - because there's a huge, physical object such as a building to demonstrate it.

  Ayn Rand

  Mediocrity, Lines, Architecture

  Ayn Rand (1997). “Letters of Ayn Rand”, p.156, Penguin

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