“Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your art.” -Gustave Flaubert
The protagonist of Pale Blue Scratch, Elisabeth, is known by her colleagues to be a bit of a impulsive decision-maker. This trait is somewhat at odds with her vocation as a professor, journalist, and member of a religious order. Her life was an inversion of the Flaubert quote above: reserved in her writing and spiritual pursuits, impetuous in leisure.
Via Galleycat, Podio.com has an interactive chart that outlines the time spent by history’s most creative minds. Below is an image of the chart with all times activated. It looks like Franz Kafka didn’t like to sleep and Picasso quit his day job.
