Quotes:Pygmalion

H. P. Blavatsky

Pygmalion. A celebrated sculptor and statuary in the island of Cyprus, who became enamoured of a statue he had made. So the Goddess of beauty, taking pity on him, changed it into a living woman (Ovid, Met.). The above is an allegory of the soul.

Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Pygmalion