Aerial Circus

Patricia Highsmith, what did you expect to do with your Liberal Arts degree?

• Don Swaim: What did you study at Barnard?
• Patricia Highsmith: English Literature and Composition. I have simply a B.A. in Liberal Arts.
• Don Swaim: What did you expect to do with your B.A. in Liberal Arts?
• Patricia Highsmith: Nothing. I wanted to avoid learning anything useful.