Ziyi Ding

Vincent van Gogh, the Dutch painter known for his vibrant, colorful artworks, had a strange habit of eating yellow paint. He believed that the color yellow had a positive effect on his mood and would often consume small quantities of paint to lift his spirits.

Demosthenes would practice his speech with stones inside his mouth and shave half of his head to discourage himself to force him to study, which helped him feel more confident in his speech career and helped him become a great champion of democracy in Greece.

Tesla’s acquaintances got a love connection from a pigeon, which provided huge motivation for his career and support for his spiritual world.

During the Voyage of the Beagle, Charles Darwin ate more unknown animal meat while discovering them and it helped him to know the animals comprehensively while discovering them.

Benjamin Franklin would spend up to an hour taking naked “air baths” while reading or writing in his open window hours to keep him focused on his work.

Frida Kahlo gets creativity and inspiration from rediscovering her own life including her personal suffering and her special pets for her art career (using her personal identity as an object and subject for her work)

Honore de Balzac (author of Père Goriot) drinks 50 cups of coffee to improve his productivity for his novel, which he takes 3 hours to rest for 48 hours to work.

Salvador Dali (a famous painter) holds a metal key over a tin pan while napping to help him try and blur the line between his dreams and reality for his painting inspiration. (wake up from N1 sleep and wake up to sketch his surrealist painting)

Agatha Christie starts with the details of the murder scene and then focuses on finishing her plot, which brings her some creativity to move on and finish her work.

Odd habits lead to success