Eduardo Paolozzi insisted that his public sculptures be interacitve with those observing them. When I last visited Edinburgh I sat comfortably in the hand of 'The Manuscript of Monte Cassino' at Picardy Place. The sculpture has hollows where water had collected and could be used as a drinking fountain by birds. I was there during a weekday lunchtime and there were many people, of differing ages, sitting around eating and enjoying their leisure time.

Public art, in these sort of settings, can play a useful part in introducing the public to large scale artworks. Paolozzi was worried that the public still look at objects in a fine art tradition and so used his works to try to restore dynamism back into sculpture. This could be done, he believed, by more people being involved with his outdoor works.