This is exemplified in Roark’s description of history’s productive men, in his courtroom speech: “The creators were not selfless. It is the whole secret of their power— that it was self-sufficient, self-motivated, self-generated. A first cause, a fount of energy, a life force, a Prime Mover. The creator served nothing and no one. He lived for himself” (711). Furthermore, Roark explains how the second-hander— an altruist or a tyrant, one who sacrifices himself to others or one who sacrifices others to himself— is different from a creative, selfish man. “The creator lives for his work. He needs no other men. His primary goal is within himself. The parasite lives second-hand. He needs others. Others become his prime motive”
This is exemplified in Roark’s description of history’s productive men, in his courtroom speech: “The creators were not selfless. It is the whole secret of their power— that it was self-sufficient, self-motivated, self-generated. A first cause, a fount of energy, a life force, a Prime Mover. The creator served nothing and no one. He lived for himself” (711). Furthermore, Roark explains how the second-hander— an altruist or a tyrant, one who sacrifices himself to others or one who sacrifices others to himself— is different from a creative, selfish man. “The creator lives for his work. He needs no other men. His primary goal is within himself. The parasite lives second-hand. He needs others. Others become his prime motive”