![]() In fact, a lot of the genius crowd is quite fond of breakfast (guess it really is the most important meal of the day), but they're not all egg-eaters. It should be noted that eggs are rich in choline, which is considered critical for brain development, especially in fetuses. Image by Ruth Fremson/ The New York Times Twyla Tharp at work with American Ballet Theater dancers. Iconic painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec drank constantly, slept very little, and made infamously strong cocktails with absinthe. A chain smoker, she "only ate American bacon, fried eggs, and cereal" at odd times of the day. Later on, she became a hardened drinker and started her day with vodka instead. Ripley, began the day with cigarettes, coffee, a doughnut, and a saucer of sugar. Patricia Highsmith, author of taut psychological thrillers including The Talented Mr. Scott Fitzgerald was an infamous alcoholic who grew increasingly dependent on gin later on in life. The really good ones seem to gravitate toward it: F. It probably comes as no surprise that a lot of artists and writers are enthusiastic boozehounds, to put it mildly. His maid, Celeste Albaret, reports that for the last month of his life, he drank only cold beer. Unsurprisingly, he suffered from poor health for most of his life and died at the age of 50. Other times, he was known to go to restaurants and enjoy quite the feast. Other than that, his eating habits were erratic, to say the least. ![]() He was also fond of baked goods, eating at least one croissant with a second always kept in reserve. Meanwhile, Marcel Proust, who wrote the literary masterpiece In Search of Lost Time started the day with two strong cups of black coffee and boiled milk, which he supplemented with caffeine tablets. Please enable JavaScript to watch this video. It contains some killer lines like, "If I can't drink / my bowl of coffee three times daily / then in my torment I will shrivel up / like a piece of roast goat." Bach actually wrote a small comic opera about caffeine addiction, nicknamed the Coffee Cantata (BWV 211). Other composers clearly considered coffee to be incredibly important. Composer nonpareil Ludwig von Beethoven began every day with a cup of coffee that had exactly sixty beans per cup, which he counted. It probably comes as no surprise that many artists and writers tend to rely on nicotine, caffeine, and alcohol to start and end the day. Coffee: A Staple of the Creative Life, Apparently Unless otherwise noted, information herein comes from the delightful book Daily Rituals: How Artists Work conceived and edited by Mason Currey. ![]() In other words, men and women whose work expanded our current understanding of the world or even changed our notions of how things could be done. What did they nosh on to keep their brains going? Image via University of MelbourneįYI, we're using the term "geniuses" here to include people who are or were innovators in the arts, sciences, and social movements. Physicists Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard at work.
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