Now Hirst, too, has reached an uncomfortable stage in his career, embedded in the establishment he once goaded.
Alice Jones of The Independent is less enamoured of Lindsay, seeing him as "a twitchy, uncomfortable stage presence, constantly interrupting himself with irritating stage patter and vaudeville gestures".
His uncomfortable stage announcements, often delivered side-on to the audience in the manner of an unwilling salesman, are rather less compelling.
The mental confrontation presented by counterexamples often leads to cognitive dissonance, an uncomfortable stage in which conflicting views are held simultaneously.
How you manage these calls and whether you can persist beyond the uncomfortable stage is the question you must ask yourself.
"As an acquisition candidate, it's an attractive property, but they may be at that uncomfortable stage where the market cap is too big for the specialty pharma companies and product size too small for the big boys," said Gale. "[Baldino] is a very strong entrepreneur and visionary.
