The Case of the Absent Artist

I was missing in action for a big chunk of this one. I'll have to catch it on its next go-round.

I guess we’re coming in on the middle of a conversation. The Beat Generation.
Alexander: Myer, you are a cretin. In art, logic is the assassin of intuition.

Hippie-dippie girl: I think I’ll go have a pizza.

Alexander: A man who covets an automobile has the soul of a hitchhiker.
In this case, the automobile is a Mercedes 300SL roadster. Anyone coveting it has good taste!