Ars Long, Vita Brevis

"Ars Long, Vita Brevis"

"Ars Long, Vita Brevis" is a short poem by Karl Jones.

Ars Long, Vita Brevis

Context: "Would you write full time if you could?"

I do write full time. For free!

There goes the retirement fund!

But worth it:

Ars Longa, Vita Brevis.

Aphorisms

Aphorisms (attributed to Hippocrates)

1. LIFE is short, and Art long; the crisis fleeting; experience perilous, and decision difficult. The physician must not only be prepared to do what is right himself, but also to make the patient, the attendants, and externals cooperate.

• Aphorisms @ Wikisource

See Hippocratic Oath (nonfiction).

In the News

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  "The role of the artist is to not look away." ― Akira Kurosawa

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  A Wild Man in the Forest.

Fiction cross-reference

• A Wild Man in the Forest
• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles
• It should be me
• Self Portrait (9 March 2021)
• The artist who worries about reviews
• The role of the artist is to not look away (nonfiction) - Akira Kurosawa

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Hippocratic Oath (nonfiction)

External links

• Ars longa, vita brevis @ Wikipedia

Social media

• Post @ Twitter (22 April 2021)