Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.

Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it

The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed--it is a process of elimination.

The best artist has that thought alone Which is contained within the marble shell; The sculptor's hand can only break the spell To free the figures slumbering in the stone.

The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination.

The more the marbles wastes, the more the statue grows.