It’s an old notion: alcohol stirs the muse. Winston Churchill vouched for this, calling his tippling crucial to finishing his six-volume memoirs (“Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol than it has taken out of me”). Faulkner, Twain, Beethoven and Van Gogh also seem to have mixed drink beneficially with their work.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
A ‘Churchill Gene’ for Creative Drinking? - NYTimes
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It’s an old notion: alcohol stirs the muse. Winston Churchill vouched for this, calling his tippling crucial to finishing his six-volume memoirs (“Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol than it has taken out of me”). Faulkner, Twain, Beethoven and Van Gogh also seem to have mixed drink beneficially with their work.
It’s an old notion: alcohol stirs the muse. Winston Churchill vouched for this, calling his tippling crucial to finishing his six-volume memoirs (“Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol than it has taken out of me”). Faulkner, Twain, Beethoven and Van Gogh also seem to have mixed drink beneficially with their work.
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