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=The Artist and the Committee=
 
=The Artist and the Committee=
 
==Chapter 1==
 
==Chapter 1==
Ayn Rand was also a great fan of laissez-faire capitalism, believing it to be the necessary society in which man, the individual man of purpose and dedication, can achieve his greatest work.  That is, the man unfettered by rules, procedures, bureaucracy and committees interjecting themselves into his work; partly because that system is as small as desirable and only as large as necessary.  When an artist creates a great sculpture, an author an amazing novel, an architect a beautiful building, they do so neither by forming a committee, taking a vote, nor reaching consensus.  Ayn Rand's viewpoint was that each person must live free from these sorts of restrictions, free to create fantastic works of art, as individuals.  Ayn felt that whenever an outside agency interferes in the art process, the result is an ugly piece of work, not a beautiful one.  In "The Fountainhead", her character the Dean says in contrast to her philosophy :<blockquote>"Nothing has ever been invented by one man in architecture.  The proper creative process is a slow, gradual anonymous, collective one, in which each man collaborates with all the others and subordinates himself to the standards of the majority."</blockquote>
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Ayn Rand was also a great fan of laissez-faire capitalism, believing it to be the necessary society in which man, the individual man of purpose and dedication, can achieve his greatest work.  That is, the man unfettered by rules, procedures, bureaucracy and committees interjecting themselves into his work; partly because that system is as small as desirable and only as large as necessary.  When an artist creates a great sculpture, an author an amazing novel, an architect a beautiful building, they do so neither by forming a committee, taking a vote, nor reaching consensus.  Ayn Rand's viewpoint was that each person must live free from these sorts of restrictions, free to create fantastic works of art, as individuals.  Ayn felt that whenever an outside agency interferes in the art process, the result is an ugly piece of work, not a beautiful one.  The work created might be imposing but is mediocre, it might be enormous but is mundane.
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In "The Fountainhead", her character the Dean says in contrast to her philosophy :<blockquote>"Nothing has ever been invented by one man in architecture.  The proper creative process is a slow, gradual anonymous, collective one, in which each man collaborates with all the others and subordinates himself to the standards of the majority."</blockquote>
  
 
==Chapter 2==
 
==Chapter 2==

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