A sculptor
was working on a rock. Someone who had come to see how a statue is made saw no
sign of a statue, he only saw a stone being cut here and there by a chisel and
hammer.
”What are
you doing?” the man inquired. ”Are you not going to make a statue? I have come
to see a statue being made, but I only see you chipping stone.”
The artist said,
“The statue is already hidden inside. There is no need to make it. Somehow, the
useless mass of stone that is fused to it has to be separated from it, and then
the statue will show itself. A statue is not made, it is discovered. It is
uncovered; it is brought to light.”
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