"He majored in philosophy at California State University, Long Beach (which Steven Spielberg would attend a few years later). ... 'I was romanticized by philosophy. I thought it was the highest thing you could study. At one point I wanted to teach it.' And then along came Ludwig Wittgenstein, the Austrian philosopher whose Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus redefined and reduced the scope of the discipline. Says Martin: 'As I studied the history of philosophy, the quest for ultimate truth became less important to me, and by the time I got to Wittgenstein it seemed pointless. Then I realized that in the arts you don't have to discover meaning, you create it. There are no rules, no true and false, no right and wrong. Anyway, these were the musings of a 21-year-old kid.'" "Sensational Steve Martin". Time magazine. August 24, 1987. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013.
"In Touch". California State University, Long Beach, in the alumni magazine The Beach Review. Fall 2005. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
"Traditions". Long Beach State website. Archived from the original on August 18, 2018. Retrieved February 13, 2011.
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"He majored in philosophy at California State University, Long Beach (which Steven Spielberg would attend a few years later). ... 'I was romanticized by philosophy. I thought it was the highest thing you could study. At one point I wanted to teach it.' And then along came Ludwig Wittgenstein, the Austrian philosopher whose Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus redefined and reduced the scope of the discipline. Says Martin: 'As I studied the history of philosophy, the quest for ultimate truth became less important to me, and by the time I got to Wittgenstein it seemed pointless. Then I realized that in the arts you don't have to discover meaning, you create it. There are no rules, no true and false, no right and wrong. Anyway, these were the musings of a 21-year-old kid.'" "Sensational Steve Martin". Time magazine. August 24, 1987. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013.
"Traditions". Long Beach State website. Archived from the original on August 18, 2018. Retrieved February 13, 2011.
"In Touch". California State University, Long Beach, in the alumni magazine The Beach Review. Fall 2005. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
