I was writing a chapter of Beautiful Evidence on the subject of the sculptural pedestal, which led to my thinking about what's up on the pedestal - the great leader.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We have to put people on pedestals; otherwise, there's no one to knock off pedestals.
When smashing monuments, save the pedestals - they always come in handy.
At the heart of great leadership is a curious mind, heart, and spirit.
I think of a monument as being symbolic and for the people and therefore rhetorical, not honest, not personal.
If you're put on a pedestal, you're supposed to behave yourself like a pedestal type of person. Pedestals actually have a limited circumference. Not much room to move around.
I'm not set on a pedestal where I think I'm too high and mighty.
The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead.
A great leader also has the ability to make people an inch taller in his presence.
One can easily tell that the creator of the paintings in the Sistine Chapel was above all a sculptor.
It's extremely difficult to say what one actually means by 'sculpture' other than, in a provisional sense, it's something that goes on the floor or a pedestal, and loosely applies to a certain history of the use of that term.
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