Stone, Irving
1903-1989 86 years
1903-1989 86 years
American author, known for fictionalized
accounts of famous people
wrote Lust for Life (on Van Gogh), The Agony
and the Ecstasy (on Michaelangelo), books on
Freud, Jack London, Abe Lincoln, etc....
lived in LA area
traveled to Europe
graduated in economics
accounts of famous people
wrote Lust for Life (on Van Gogh), The Agony
and the Ecstasy (on Michaelangelo), books on
Freud, Jack London, Abe Lincoln, etc....
lived in LA area
traveled to Europe
graduated in economics
| oshobob The Living Workshop |
| People in Osho's Talks |
| Although the second book is not of the same quality as Lust for Life, it cannot be for the simple reason that there has never been a man like Vincent van Gogh...that Dutch felllow was just inimitable! He stands alone, separately, uniquely in his own way. To write a great book on him is easy, and it would have been so on Michelangelo, but Stone was trying to imitate himself, hence he missed... --Osho Books I Have Loved, ch. 13 |