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9 Post author: InquilineKea 20 February 2011 09:06AM

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Comment author: gwern 26 February 2011 09:30:39PM *  1 point [-]

I finally remembered where I read about that kind of dichotomy - it was a Malcolm Gladwell article which does indeed mention Monet but only in the context of using Cezanne as an example of the gradually improving type: http://www.gladwell.com/2008/2008_10_20_a_latebloomers.html