Genius minds are known for their eccentricity, but there are also many who went a step further with their craziness. Below are the 13 most bizarre habits by famous scientists, composers and writers. Various myths are associated with a large number of famous people from history, which no one is sure if they are really true.
In his book “Daily Rituals”, writer Mason Coury listed some musicians, artists and scientists whose bizarre routines made them as famous as their achievements.
1- The American composer George Gershwin was a workaholic, and he created his works while sitting at the piano in his pajamas and bathrobe. His brother Ira claims that Georges was never relaxed and always had something to do.
2- One of the greatest geniuses ever, Albert Einstein, lived in seclusion. He always had long hair because he did not like to visit the barber, and he considered socks unnecessary, so he never wore them.
3- Poet Edith Sitwell used to start the day by lying in a coffin because it supposedly inspired her to write her somewhat morbid lyrics. She loved to sleep and declared that every woman should spend one day a week in bed.
4- A well-established daily routine helped Charles Dickens write 15 great novels. His desk was always elaborately arranged: there was always a small vase of fresh flowers on it, a large knife for opening a letter, a gilded leaf brooch with a rabbit sitting on it, and two bronze figurines of frogs brandishing swords in a duel.
5- One of the most popular writers of crime novels, Agatha Christie, didn’t have a pen at all, she just created her works wherever she went.
The marble coffee table in the bedroom was a good place to write, as well as the kitchen table between meals.
said Christy.
6- The author of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”, Truman Capote, wrote in bed with coffee and cigarettes. But only three cigarettes could be in the ashtrays at a time, and the rest was put away in his pocket. He compulsively added various numbers in his head and did not dial the phone number or the hotel room if he considered those numbers unlucky.
7- The writer Jane Austen did not like anyone but her immediate family to see her while she was writing. She liked the door to her room to creak so she could hear if someone came in, and she wrote on small pieces of paper so she could quickly hide them from prying eyes.
8- The inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, slept only three hours a day and claimed that sometimes he had so many ideas in his head that absolutely nothing could be shaken from his thoughts.
9- The poet WH Auden refused to work in the evenings.
10- Only world Hitlers work at night, no honest artist – he said. He also gets his mental energy from amphetamines.
11- The “father of American literature” Mark Twain had a big problem with insomnia, and when he managed to fall asleep it was usually on the bathroom floor.
12- F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author of “The Great Gatsby”, loved alcoholic beverages. The problem is that he lived during the prohibition era, so his favorite drink was gin because it worked fast and it was hard to detect that he was drunk. That love for alcohol took him to his grave too early, already at the age of 45.
13- The writer Victor Hugo ate two raw eggs every morning and bathed in ice water. He also visited the barber every day.
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