The greatest sculptor of ancient Greece, Phidias, around 440 BC made the statues that to this day, 2,400 years later, still stand on the roof of the Parthenon in Athens. When Phidias submitted his bill, the city accountant of Athens refused to pay it. “These statues stand on the roof of the temple, and on the highest hill in Athens, No one will ever see the backs. Yet, you have charged us for sculpturing them in the round, that is, for doing their backs as beautiful as the front? ”.
“Ah, but the gods can see them”, replied the sculptor.
Drucker tells this story of a Greek sculptor, to stress the importance of pursuing perfection in every one’s work.
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