In 2008, Gladwell wrote an excellent article on this same topic: http://www.gladwell.com/2008/2008_10_20_a_latebloomers.html http://www.gladwell.com/2008/2008_

In 2008, Gladwell wrote an excellent article on this same topic: http://www.gladwell.com/2008/2008_10_20_a_latebloomers.html http://www.gladwell.com/2008/2008_10_20_a_latebloomers.html An excellent quote from the article: "The Cézannes of the world bloom late not as a result of some defect in character, or distraction, or lack of ambition, but because the kind of creativity that proceeds through trial and error necessarily takes a long time to come to fruition."