Word: epitaphs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...morning of his death on Sept. 6, 1949, he was asked to contribute to an article about himself, and wrote his own epitaph: "If I had not been a painter, then I would have wanted to be a painter." It was a title that few today would deny...
...Epitaph Written. In his day, Orozco was acclaimed for what were considered his uniquely Mexican qualities. He drew his subject matter from Aztec, Mayan and Toltec mythology, the history of the Spanish conquest and the 1910 Revolution. His colors are violent and rough, like those of the native Indian pottery and fabric designs. His figures are powerful, primordial and violent; their every thrust calls out for social justice...
...last quarter of the 19th century, as affectionately remembered by Brazil's extraordinary novelist, Machado de Assis, who died in 1908. A popular author during his lifetime, Machado was rediscovered in Brazil at the time of the centenary of his birth (1939). Since then, translations of his works (Epitaph of a Small Winner, Dom Casmurro) have begun to trickle into the U.S. market...
...Adlai Stevenson lay in state in Washington's National Cathedral prior to final funeral services in Illinois this week, millions around the world mourned him, and eulogies poured out by the score. Perhaps he wrote his own epitaph when, on the evening of Nov. 3, 1952, before the presidential ballots had been cast, he summed up: "I have said what I meant and meant what I said. I have not done as well as I should like to have done, but I have done my best, frankly and forthrightly; no man can do more, and you are entitled...
G.W.T.W. was Selznick's greatest adventure. "It was such a stupendous undertaking," he said. "Anything else, no matter what we'll ever make, will always seem insignificant after that." He even proposed as his own epitaph, "Here lies David O. Selznick, who produced Gone With the Wind." He also recognized that his former glories could become a handful of dust. When the G.W.T.W. plantation set, including the mansion Tara, was finally dismantled and shipped to Atlanta in 1959, Selznick philosophized: "Once photographed, life here is ended. It is almost symbolic of Hollywood. Tara has no rooms inside...