"Ars Longa, Vita Brevis" by Kitsune Kowai Drawing

"Ars Longa, Vita Brevis" by Kitsune Kowai Drawing in colored pencil on paper Ars longa, vita brevis is a Latin translation of an aphorism coming originally from Greek, roughly meaning, "skilfulness takes time/ art is long and life is short". The most common and significant caveat made regarding the saying is that "art" (Latin: ars, translating Ancient Greek: τέχνη tékhnē) originally meant "technique, craft" (as in The Art of War), not "fine art". Hippocrates was a physician who made this the opening statement in a medical text. The lines which follow: "The physician must not only be prepared to do what is right himself, but also to make the patient, the attendants, and externals cooperate." Thus in plainer language "it takes a long time to acquire and perfect one's expertise (in, say, medicine) and one has but a short time in which to do it". More generally, it may also refer to how time limits our accomplishments in life

Drawing:Pencil on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:8.3 W x 11.7 H x 0 D in

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