Erik Satie and his eccentricities

The prominent French composer Erik Satie was weird. Not just weird, but incomprehensibly bizarre. For starters, his eating habits were something else. He only ate food that was white, such as eggs, sugar, grated bones, salt, coconuts and rice. Each day he rose at 7:18 a.m. and would have lunch strictly at

12:11 p.m. Then dinner at 7:16 p.m. and he would go to bed at 10:37 p.m. Also, he was a hoarder but a very specific one — he loved umbrellas and had over 100 of them. And finally, Erik Satie was such a peculiar fellow that he even belonged to a religion that he himself founded.

Pablo Picasso and his revolver

First of all, not many people know that Pablo Picasso is just the short version of his full name, which is actually Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santisima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso. But he became famous for being an unstoppable force wherever he went. He changed art forever, he was not discouraged by critics and he even was not scared when facing the Gestapo, the secret Nazi police. He was unmovable in his daily life as well, because wherever he went, he carried a revolver, so that not many would dare to mess with this hot-tempered Spanish legend.

Salvador Dali and his wife

When someone thinks of surrealism, chances are that Dali and his pomade-covered mustache comes to one’s mind. His life was as eccentric and surreal as his paintings, but apart from driving around with a car filled with cauliflower and walking around Paris with an anteater, there was something that seems even more peculiar.

Once he married his muse and love of his life, Gala, he treated her like a goddess. He bought her a castle and was allowed to visit her only with a written invitation.

Andy Warhol and his wigs

Andy Warhol, the face of pop art, is easy to distinguish from a crowd. Because he indeed was a dandy and took great care of his looks, and most importantly, his iconic hairdo. Which was, actually ... a wig. Warhol have the unusual habit of collecting wigs. Eventually, he hoarded a collection of 40 wigs.

Words to Learn 相关词汇

【囤积者】túnjīzhě hoarder a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use

【发油】fàyóu pomade a perfumed ointment, especially one used to groom the hair

让人匪夷所思的埃里克·萨蒂

法国著名作曲家埃里克·萨蒂是个怪人。不但怪，而且让人匪夷所思。首先，他的饮食习惯完全和常人不同。他只吃白色食物，比如鸡蛋、

糖、磨碎的骨头、盐、椰子、米之类。每天早上他7点18分起床，中午12点11分准时吃午饭。晚上7点16分吃晚饭，10点37分睡觉。另外，他还是个囤积狂，而且只囤积特别的东西 —— 他喜爱雨伞，有100多把。最后，怪人埃里克·萨蒂还信仰一种宗教 —— 一种他自己创立的宗教。

随身带枪的毕加索

首先，没有多少人知道巴勃罗·毕加索只是他名字的缩写，他的全名是巴布罗·迭戈·何塞·弗朗西斯科·狄·保拉·胡安·纳波穆西诺·玛莉亚·狄·洛斯·雷梅迪奥斯·西普里亚诺·狄·拉·圣地西玛·特里尼达·路易斯·毕加索。不过他出名是因为无论他走到哪里，他都是不可阻挡的力量。他永远地改变了艺术，他不会因为评论而灰心，甚至在直面盖世太保（纳粹秘密警察）时也不害怕。他在日常生活也是难以撼动的，无论他走到哪里，都随身带一把左轮手枪，因此很少有人敢惹这位脾气火爆的西班牙传奇人物。

萨尔瓦多·达利和他的妻子

只要想到超现实主义，人们就会想到达利和他那油亮的胡子。他的一生就如他的画作一样奇特和超现实，除了载着一车花椰菜到处走，带着一头食蚁兽在巴黎街头散步以外，达利还有一件更为诡异的事情。在他娶了自己的缪斯女神也是他最爱的女人加拉之后，他就把加拉当女神一样供了起来。他给加拉买了一座城堡，只有收到书面邀请才能去城堡拜访她。

酷爱假发的安迪·沃霍尔

人们很容易就能在人群中认出波普艺术的代表安迪·沃霍尔。因为他是个不折不扣的花花公子，对自己的外表非常讲究，而他最看重的就是他标志性的发型。实际上，那是一顶假发。沃霍尔有收集假发的特殊癖好。他总共囤积了40顶假发。

(Chinadaily.com.cn)