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When Hippocrates said that “life is short, art is long,” he did not mean that art outlives the artist. The “father of medicine” instead diagnosed a basic fact of life: true art or skill takes a lifetime of effort to perfect, and the path is fraught with “occasional crises, perilous experiences, and difficult judgments.

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May 7, 2008

When Hippocrates said that “life is short, art is long,” he did not mean that art outlives the artist. The “father of medicine” instead diagnosed a basic fact of life: true art or skill takes a lifetime of effort to perfect, and the path is fraught with “occasional crises, perilous experiences, and difficult judgments.
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