I would actually prefer that we don’t have public statues of people at all, because it’s too easy to get into a cult of personality, even after the fact. Even though I’m fond of the MLK statue. Better, imo, to have statues that are about an artistic concept (the thinking man, some of the 30s era stuff that’s the apotheosis of the working person, an arch over a river… or a tribute to Science)
I would actually prefer that we don’t have public statues of people at all, because it’s too easy to get into a cult of personality, even after the fact. Even though I’m fond of the MLK statue. Better, imo, to have statues that are about an artistic concept (the thinking man, some of the 30s era stuff that’s the apotheosis of the working person, an arch over a river… or a tribute to Science)