Separating the art from the artist.... Name two celebrities who's "art" you can separate from their (for lack of a better word) "ridiculous" behavior/opinions. Mine are Morrissey and Gweneth Paltrow.
I don't actually like Morrissey's music!
It has to be Evelyn Waugh and AE Housman for me. Both geniuses who were foul men in their private lives.
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1984/03/15/closet-modern/
(Hard to imagine such a thing happening to Wittgenstein, but it did).
Things that are truly beyond the pale include rape & murder, but I often enjoy the work of people who had problems or were quite unpleasant.
It has to be Evelyn Waugh and AE Housman for me. Both geniuses who were foul men in their private lives.
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1984/03/15/closet-modern/
(Hard to imagine such a thing happening to Wittgenstein, but it did).
Things that are truly beyond the pale include rape & murder, but I often enjoy the work of people who had problems or were quite unpleasant.