Hippocrates

Ars longa, vita brevis, occasio praeceps, experimentum periculosum, iudicium difficile. —Hippocrates

"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." Technology is the "art" at the forefront of our changing world..." -www.arstechnica.com