If you think this is a brass-made idol, then it will remain a brass-made idol to you forever. But if you elevate yourself to higher platform of Krsna consciousness, then Krsna, this Krsna, will talk with you. This Krsna will talk with you.
Srila Prabhupada, speaking at Sri Sri Rukmini Dvarakanatha
Deity Installation — Los Angeles, July 16, 1969