| 1. | A typical example of static balance in composition. - from The Practice and Science Of Drawing by Harold Speed |
| 2. | As time went on movement became necessary, full development not being possible to any static organism. - from How to Analyze People on Sight by Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict |
| 3. | There is here no static symmetry, all is energy and force. - from The Practice and Science Of Drawing by Harold Speed |
| 4. | It is of all curves the most perfect example of static unity. - from The Practice and Science Of Drawing by Harold Speed |
| 5. | Here we have a maximum of equality and the deadest and most static of results. - from The Practice and Science Of Drawing by Harold Speed |
| 6. | The circular disc of the sun has the same static quality, being the curve most devoid of variety. - from The Practice and Science Of Drawing by Harold Speed |
| 7. | And in proportion, as in life, variety is the secret of vitality, only to be suppressed where a static effect is wanted. - from The Practice and Science Of Drawing by Harold Speed |
| 8. | Compare with Raphael's Ansidei Madonna, and note how energy and movement take the place of static calm in the balance of this composition. - from The Practice and Science Of Drawing by Harold Speed |
| 9. | In B and C the proportions of the third and the quarter are shown, producing the same static effect as the half, although not so completely. - from The Practice and Science Of Drawing by Harold Speed |
| 10. | An entire system of mysterious statics is daily practised by prisoners, men who are forever envious of the flies and birds. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |