Ah, youth. A time for experimentation, freedom, and making mistakes.
Or for some - a time for obscene levels of creativity that leave a lasting artistic legacy and leads to financial success before they've even left school.
From one of the creepiest additions to the literary canon, to paintings which won over art critics around the world, some of the most important creative efforts in history have been produced by the young. The annoyingly young.
So, while we struggle to finish that novel which, let's face it, will probably never exist outside our own minds let alone the bestseller shelves, we look at the 10 annoyingly young prodigies who have shaped the cultural world around them.
If you find yourself getting too riled, just think about all those secondary school japes they missed out on while writing that masterpiece.