The Rookie (1990 film) learn running and kicking and hitting." Under Eastwood's direction, Braga commented, "When you act with the director, you don't have any barriers because you're giving and taking at the same time." On a separate note, author Marc Eliot described the graphic rape scene in the film that gained much publicity as being, "an explosive sequence, and the only one in the film that people talked about. As obviously provocative and exploitative as it was, "ars gratia artis" the scene may also be read as conveying Clint's feeling victimized at the hands of a beautiful but bad woman." Offering another take
Ars longa, vita brevis Ars longa, vita brevis Ars longa, vita brevis is a Latin translation of an aphorism coming originally from Greek. The Latin quote is often rendered in English as Art is long, life is short. The aphorism quotes the first two lines of the by the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates. The familiar Latin translation "Ars longa, vita brevis" reverses the order of the original lines. The original text, a standard Latin translation, and an English translation from the Greek follow. The most common and significant caveat made regarding the saying is that "art" (, translating (techne)) originally meant "technique, craft" (as