“The coffee shop played a big role in Vienna of 1900. Rents were sky high, housing was difficult to come by, your apartment probably wasn't heated, and so you went to the coffee shop. You went to the coffee shop because it was warm, because it was great Viennese coffee, and you went for the conversation and the company.” BigsDifficultCompanyRolesSkyConversationWarmCoffeeShopsApartmentHousingViennaCoffee ShopSky High Author:Eric Weiner
“The coffeehouse is good for genius, and the Viennese coffeehouse is a classic case. Freud had his favorite coffee shop, and so did Gustav Klimt.” CasesGeniusCoffeeClassicShopsCoffee Shop Author:Eric Weiner
“If you walk into a coffee shop in 1903 Vienna, you might find at the same table the artist Gustav Klimt, Sigmund Freud, Leon Trotsky and possibly Adolf Hitler, who lived in Vienna at the same time.” IfsMightArtistWalksTablesCoffeeShopsViennaCoffee ShopLeonTrotsky Author:Eric Weiner
“When you're stuck on something creatively, you can't solve a problem, you go to a coffee shop.” ProblemSolveCoffeeStuckShopsCoffee Shop Author:Eric Weiner
