Howard Roark

This is an error. If you are in a creative field, you can't judge your work by a comparative standard. You have to create the work to please yourself. The consideration for the outside world should be a secondary one. If you have no interest in showing your art, but you love doing it, that is all that matters. On the other hand, if you are being mediocre and don’t seek to correct it, then you’re not worthy of admiration, but contempt. Your work must be achieved by your standards. Aim to be an artist, not an entertainer.

An example would be reason as a principle of human survival and as an absolute. Principled action is the only effective kind of action for a rational being.

I hope that your purpose was not to make the rest of the class laugh at you. I would’ve sought achievement in other fields, instead of becoming a clown to entertain my enemies.

The clip you posted is incomplete. This is the full segment.

What mood in particular? This is a matter of purpose. What method are you using to judge these genres? I’d like to quote Ayn Rand on this: