The Age of Creativity · The Walrus

My father is a remarkable painter. And he's done some of his best work in his eighties

"Today, it’s doubtful that most gallery patrons know that Monet was in his seventies when he created the most famous paintings in his Water Lilies series. Turner’s late creations are now widely recognized as works of incomparable brilliance. The same could be said of art from Paul Cézanne, Titian, Michelangelo, and Rembrandt.

We have been conditioned to think that age is a barrier to creativity. But, in reality, it is ageism that can be stifling...

My father is a remarkable painter. And he's done some of his best work in his eighties

"Today, it’s doubtful that most gallery patrons know that Monet was in his seventies when he created the most famous paintings in his Water Lilies series. Turner’s late creations are now widely recognized as works of incomparable brilliance. The same could be said of art from Paul Cézanne, Titian, Michelangelo, and Rembrandt.

We have been conditioned to think that age is a barrier to creativity. But, in reality, it is ageism that can be stifling...