Agatha Christie, at 84, oversaw production of the movie Murder on the Orient Express.
Alfred Hickcock directed Psycho and The Birds in his 60’s, and Frenzy at 73.
Antonio Stradivari, in his early 90’s fashioned two of his most famous violins.
Benjamin West was sixty-four when be commenced his series of paintings.
Cato, the censor, was an old man when he taught himself Greek.
Daniel Defoe wrote Moll Flanders at 57 and Robinson Crusio at 59.
Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat at 53, and You’re Only Old Once at 82.
Eleanor Roosevelt chaired U.N. Commissions in her 60’s and wrote her autobiography at 74.
Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Guggenheim Museum (in my town) at 91.
Galileo at age 74 published his masterpiece, Dialogue Concering Two New Sciences.
George Frederic Handel, after suffering a stroke at 52, debuted his Messiah at 57.
Giuseppe Verde composed his operatic masterpiece Ortello at age 74, and Falstaff at 80.
Golda Meir was prime minister of Israel in her 70’s (running a Jewish meeting, 'taint easy.)
Helen Keller, at 75, published Teacher, a book honoring miracle worker Anne Sullivan.
Immanuel Kant wrote Critique of Pure Reason at age 57; Critique of Practical Reason at 64.
John Kemble on quitting the stage said, "I am now beginning to understand my art."
Mae West published her autobiography Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It, at 67.
Mahatma Gandi, at 77, successfully completed negotiations for India’s independence.
Mary Baker Eddy established The Christian Monitor at 87.
Michaelangelo (1474-1563), at seventy years of age, said, "I am still learning."
Milton, in his blindness, when past fifty, sat down to complete his Paradise Lost.
Noah Webster published his An American Dictionary of the English Language at 70.
Pablo Picasso painted "Guernica" at age 55, and "Rape of the Sabines" at 81.
PT Barnum, at age 71, joined with James A. Barnum, 34, to found Barnum & Bailey Circus.
Richardson was above fifty when he published his first novel, Pamela.
Sarah Bernhardt continued acting until her death at age 79.
Sigmund Freud published The Ego and the Id at 67, The Future of an Illusion at 71.
Sir Walter Scott, at age 55, took up his pen to redeem an enormous liability.
Winston Churchill began five year "walk with destiny" at 65 as Britain’s prime minister.
And Rabbi Akiba, the greatest of Jewish sages, first started learning Hebrew at age 40. |
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