[johnchristopher]

> Many of the most talented artists of our time don’t do any art — they work in advertising.

> I think the original quote is:

> The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads

No, it's a paraphrase of a quote attributed to Banksy and it's specifically about graphic arts, not CS or psychology.

> The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people. - Banksy

First time I heard it was in a conversation about how the best students from directing/film making (or was it 3d artists ?) ended up making ads for cars rather than video installations and I am pretty sure it was before 2010.

The sentiment is the same though but I cannot ever let pass an occasion to throw in my favourite quote: "when all you have is a hammer...".

[mellosouls]

No, it's a paraphrase of a quote attributed to Banksy and it's specifically about graphic arts, not CS or psychology.

Nope, the most famous form is Ginsberg; I don't know if he lifted it from somewhere too.

I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked

- Howl

(EDIT: the grandparent link actually points that out)

[johnchristopher]

> Nope, the most famous form is Ginsberg; I don't know if he lifted it from somewhere too.

No, they appeared in very different contexts and Ginsberg goes in a different direction (1955, drugs, jazz, etc.):

> I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix, angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night, [..]

while Banksy deals with the then current state of arts and marketing (~2000/2010?).

Also, it's not explained in the article how Ginsberg and Hammerbacher ideas relate except for an "en-pasasnt" quote from the person originally inquiring the quote investigator opinion, so the grandparent link doesn't actually point anything out.

edit: to summarize: that quote is taken out of context even if it seems to fit

[allknowingfrog]

"Best minds of my generation" is a pretty specific phrase which appears in the Ginsberg quote and not in the Banksy one. I would argue that famous quote are more often related by structure than context. Most quotes about "the smell of <something> in the morning" are not about the Vietnam war, for example.

[johnchristopher]

Reminds me of an aphorism with a moon but I can't quite put my finger on it.