Potius sero quam nunquam

Interesting article from The New Yorker.

Late Bloomers

Why do we equate genius with precocity? by Malcolm Gladwell

Picasso’s greatest works came early; Cézanne’s came late.

Ben Fountain was an associate in the real-estate practice at the Dallas offices of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, just a few years out of law school, when he decided he wanted to write fiction. The only thing Fountain had ever published was a law-review article. His literary training consisted of a handful of creative-writing classes in college. He had tried to write when he came home at night from work, but usually he was too tired to do much. He decided to quit his job.

And some Cezanne to gaze upon.