Achievement Quote by Nancy Milford
“Francis Scott Fitzgerald really read culture pretty damn clearly. It was he who understood that artistic achievement, really imaginative work, goes where the money is. Where people can afford to buy books and paintings. He linked money - not always in a positive way - to being able to encourage culture.”
![“When I was a child, when I was an adolescent, books saved me from despair: that convinced me that culture was the highest of values[...].” quote by Simone de Beauvoir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8a7/simone-de-beauvoir-407_book_when-i-was-a-child-when-i-was-an-adolesc_1782460.jpg)
![“I'm a long time [Scott] Fitzgerald fan, as probably everyone in America is. And I've always been fascinated by that theme of, what is the price of the American dream and what parts of your soul do you walk away with? The conflict of art versus commerce was also very interesting to me.” quote by Matt Bomer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c9b/matt-bomer-2221_america_i-m-a-long-time-scott-fitzgerald-fan-as_1951635.jpg)
