In the East a statue is not made for its own sake.
Its made as a code language for centuries to follow.

Scriptures may disappear, languages may change, words may be interpreted.
Doctrines can be wrongly interpreted, commented upon.
There may be dispute about theories - and there has been -
so they thought there must be a different way than language.
Now what dispute can there be about a statue of a Buddha or Mahavira?

There is no question of dispute, there is no need of any commentary.
Anybody who is capable of sitting silently by the side of this statue
will have a certain thing stirred in his heart.
This is objective art.
 

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