"The attitude of the apoxyómenos is posed, with the body supported by the left leg and with the right stretched slightly backwards; yet the whole figure is crossed by a nervous throb of movement, since one gets the very vivid impression that, even with the simple action of wiping oneself with the strigil, the athlete continually changes in the support of the right leg to that of the left and so on . And the impression of lively liveliness of the arms also arises. Everything in this nervous elasticity is fluctuating, moved, agitated; yet the figure is at rest! (Pericle Ducati)"