People who "break through with new radical ideas" These type of innovation often come from naiveté or recklessness – People who don't know what they don't know and therefore inadvertently employ more lateral thinking in their work and tend to peak at young ages like
Orson Welless
Sylvia Plath and
Pablo Picasso
Notably renowned artist in both the categories produced great work and high volume of creative work throughout their whole lives due to on attitude of CHANGE in themselves.
As Adam Erant points out in his wonderful new book ORIGINALS. The one thing they all truly had in common was that they didn't quite creating whether they were young or old, happy or depressed.
The potential for high-functioning brain activity peaks in our 50s, but remain high until our 90s and function into the 100s : Late Blommers.
The potential to do our best or most creative work at any age. However the average person peaks at 30s and declines to non-functioning state by his at her late 80s.
In other words while many people do their best work of average ages given what it is that they do, we have capacity to excel at any age.
The innovation potential at the intersection between "Young Genius" and "Old Masters" for instance, is huge, especially when both parties are open to listening to and learning from one another.
CHANGE is always related to creative innovation. Age is no bar in this pleasurable journey of art.
Prof. Hemant Nagdive