He had been standing still; for an artist, one of the more painful forms of death.

Irving Stone
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After a lifetime of artistic expression, you can’t just stand still. You have to keep moving. If you’ve been standing still for too long, you’ll be dead. Because artists need to keep moving, they often don’t know when they’ve hit the limit.

They don’t know the moment they’ve reached their peak or say when they might die. However, it is nothing to be ashamed of or run from. The end of life should be celebrated and should be a reason to go out with a bang.

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