My son Dan is a film director and screenwriter in Hollywood. He puts the following question to me.
". . .Do you know of any famous modification of Fitzgerald's quote -- "The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function"? I have a vague recollection of somebody's adjusting that quote to talk about the definition of an artist. Does this ring any bell? If it was in some movie, I'll drop it." In typical father fashion, I lumbered Dan with all sorts of reservations about the FSF line (which, in fact, Dan shared) but I admitted it did have a certain fuzzy provocativeness (much that's provocative in art depends on an element of fuzziness). But I had no recollection of the line's being altered to talk about the definition of an artist. Can any members help me (and Dan)? Tom McCormack ASA New York City
