Action Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The purpose of art is to elevate the spirit or to pay a surgeon’s bill. Or both. It can help a person remember or…

— Barbara Kingsolver

It is sometimes asserted that a surgical operation is or should be a work of art ... fit to rank with those of the…

— Wilfred Trotter

“I'm an orthopedist. You probably know that when a bone is broken, it heals stronger because a knot forms around the fracture. The body,…

— Liu Cixin

“My art is largely made up of my pain; re-framed, redesigned and re-purposed. It's a mutually beneficial experience for both the creator and the…

— Jaeda DeWalt

Flesh forgets. Bone remembers.

— Jefferson Bass

U.S. surgeons operate on the wrong body part as often as 40 times a week.

— Marty Makary

“A skilled surgeon knows that cuts have to be made in order to operate, but the skilled surgeon also knows that the cuts are…

— Kevlin Henney

Appreciation of works of art requires organized effort and systematic study. Art appreciation can no more be absorbed by aimless wandering in galleries than…

— Albert C. Barnes

“& he watches each muscle volt into place. the surgeon became the surgeon after years of opening books & making sense of their contents”

— sam sax

A bone heals, a bruise fades, but art is forever

— Otep Shamaya

There is a noble forgetfulness-that which does not remember injuries.

— Charles Simmons

At a given instant everything the surgeon knows suddenly becomes important to the solution of the problem. You can't do it an hour later,…

— John W. Kirklin