What sculpture offers

In a sculpture, every line, every articulated surface, every size, every material, every pattern of smoothness and roughness, every color, every degree of gloss, every intensity and slant of light and shadow, and every combination of all of these, creates the work's peculiar presence. And every movement we make, every shift in our view, every feeling of patience or hurry, attention or distraction, shifts our entire gestalt, until, at last, we may see enough to gain a sense of the whole work and to feel its import. This is the visually apprehended experience that sculpture offers.