Satie wrote that “An artist must organise his life.” In 1913, he set said out a schedule in which he stated he would be inspired between 10:23 and 11:47am, and 3:12 to 4:10pm. The timetable allowed for daily house riding, and various other activities such as fencing, reflection, immobility, visits, contemplation, swimming, etc. The day would end with symphonic readings (out loud) from 8:09 to 9:59pm. Curiously, he only allowed three minutes for lunch (12:11 to 12:14pm) and four minutes for dinner (7:16 to 7:20pm), in which he would only eat white foodstuffs: “eggs, sugar, scraped bones, fat from dead animals, veal, salt, coconut, chicken cooked in white water; mouldy fruit, rice, turnips; camphorated sausage, things like spaghetti, cheese (white), cotton salad and certain fish (minus their skins).”
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