This Woman Went to Art School in Her 60s, Showing it's Never Too Late to Pivot

Lots of famous people have turned to painting in their later years: Ringo Starr, Jim Carrey, George W. Bush. So it's not unusual that Nell Painter, an accomplished historian and Princeton professor with six books and a string of honors to her name, took up art in her 60s. What's surprising is that she went all the way back to art school.

The disadvantages of age are legion. The advantages are also considerable: respect, self-knowledge, mastery of a skill.