A Quote by Joseph Conrad

Art is long and life is short, and success is very far off.

Joseph Conrad

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Joseph Conrad
Polish - Novelist
December 3, 1857 - August 3, 1924

I think what we're attracted to on the page is something that is very difficult to do in life, which is to examine in what seems like a moment. To examine what we can't do in life very well, which is to be as present and accountable to what an experience is. That's why life is short and art is very long.

Hilton Als

The art is long, life is short

Hippocrates

The art is long, life is short.

Hippocrates

Life is short, the art long.

Hippocrates

Life is short and the art long.

Hippocrates

Life is short and art is long.

Seneca the Younger

People say that life is short, but it isn't short. It's very long.

Frank Abagnale

Art indeed is long, but life is short.

Andrew Marvell

You know, episodic TV directing is a very long and arduous job. You have very short schedules, short short shooting days, and you have to get lot of pages done.

Katey Sagal

Jesus was short on sermons, long on conversations; short on answers, long on questions; short on abstraction and propositions, long on stories and parables; short on telling you what to think, long on challenging you to think for yourself.