"The test of a first-rate artist is the ability to appreciate the work of another artist that is unlike their own while at the same time and still retain the ability to be critical of their own work. As such they should, for example, be able to see the genius in others and while being determined to question their own."
On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 3:17 PM, ARMANDO BAEZA <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe one who stays in balanced between > the yin and the yang in creativity. > ab > > > ________________________________ > From: Tom McCormack <[email protected]> > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Sent: Friday, > June 8, 2012 11:09 AM > Subject: Scott Fitzgerald quote and "the definition of > an artist" > > 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 > > -- Saul Ostrow *Crtical Voices* 21STREETPROJECTS 162 West 21 Street NYC, NY 10011
