“For me the essence of his [Dr. King] ideas, sensitivity and eloquence seems to be communicated and focused through his head. I want this colossal head to express an enigmatic image that will evoke a sense of ritual and elemental forces that a very wide audience can respond to.”
Quoted from John Wilson's proposal for a monument to Martin Luther King Jr., 1981-1982
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