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Statue (n.) are ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠only stones from which the living soul has flown once faith has gone, as hymns are words from which belief has gone.

A Statue (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠never made first and placed afterwards: the sculptor's very conception must already include the place where it will stand.

A Statue (n.) must ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠never look like a man frozen mid-action by a Gorgon's head; it shows the beginning of an action or the return to rest.

A Statue (n.) even ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in human shape is soundless; it needs the rays of the rising sun to make a sound, and even then it is noise, not speech.

A Statue (n.) loses ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠nothing by being blind: its soul is spread over the whole body, not gathered into one point of the eye, and it is withdrawn from any looking at the world outside.

A Statue (n.) in ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠gold and ivory on a lavish throne was for the people's enjoyment of power and riches: an active man needs entertaining variety and wants his eyes busy in many directions.