“Art is long. Life is short. A picture can become for us a highway between a particular thing and a universal feeling.”
“God help us -- for art is long, and life so short.”
“The art of medicine is long, Hippocrates tells us, "and life is short; opportunity fleeting; the experiment perilous; judgment flawed.”
“We all do things we're not particularly proud of, because in the short term they make us feel the smallest bit better. Don't we?”
“Art is long and life is short, and success is very far off.”
“For life is short and the art of writing books is very, very long.”