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Animum debes mutare, non caelum

You must change [your] disposition, not [your] sky.

100 × 100 cmDigital collage printed on canvasSold
Principium: Animum debes mutare, non caelum
Principium100 × 100 cm

A piece in the Principium series.

Animum debes mutare, non caelum.

Deves mudar o [teu] ânimo, não o [teu] céu.
You must change [your] disposition, not [your] sky.

In its original form, "Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt", meaning "Those who rush across the sea change the sky [above them], not their souls or spirit", is a hexameter by Horace (Epistle XI). Seneca later shortened it to "Animum debes mutare, non caelum" in his letter to Lucilius XXVIII, 1.

Other relevant information

Source materials
  • MottoSeneca, Letters to Lucilius, XXVIII, 1, after a hexameter by Horace (Epistle XI)

Publications

Series catalogue
Artist's book · Blurb

Veiga, P. A. (2016). Principium. Blurb. https://www.blurb.com/b/7519490-principium

Cite this work

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Veiga, P. A. (2015). Animum debes mutare, non caelum [Digital collage printed on canvas, 100 × 100 cm, Principium series]. https://pedroveiga.com/animum-debes-mutare-non-caelum/