24 September

Born in 1931 – Elizabeth Blackadder, Scottish painter and printmaker.

Above: Tulips and Indian Painting, 1977

Also, born in 1896, American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald.

The idea that to make a man work you've got to hold gold in front of his eyes is a growth, not an axiom. We've done that for so long that we've forgotten there's any other way.

—from This Side of Paradise, 1920