Art is long, life is short. —Ars longa, vita brevis

Art is long, life is short. —Ars longa, vita brevis

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer .

There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer .

Art [of healing] is long, but life is fleeting.
[Lat., Art longa, vita brevis est.]

Art [of healing] is long, but life is fleeting.
[Lat., Art longa, vita brevis est.]

For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity or perception to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: read more

For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity or perception to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication

Love the art in yourself, not yourself in the art

Love the art in yourself, not yourself in the art

There is no must in art because art is free

There is no must in art because art is free

There is nothing new in art except talent.rn

There is nothing new in art except talent.rn

Art at its most significant is a Distant Early Warning System that can always be relied on to tell the read more

Art at its most significant is a Distant Early Warning System that can always be relied on to tell the old culture what is beginning to happen to it.