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<\/a><\/div>\nA picture is worth a thousand words<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
The adage<\/a> “A picture is worth a thousand words<\/strong>” refers to the idea that a complex idea can be conveyed with just a single still image. It also aptly characterizes one of the main goals of visualization<\/a>, namely making it possible to absorb large amounts of data quickly.<\/p>\n It is believed that the modern use of the phrase stems from an article by Fred R. Barnyard in the advertising trade journal<\/a> Printers’ Ink<\/em>, promoting the use of images in advertisements that appeared on the sides of streetcars<\/a>.[<\/span>1]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> The December 8, 1921 issue carries an ad entitled, “One Look is Worth A Thousand Words.”<\/p>\n Another ad by Barnard appears in the March 10, 1927 issue with the phrase “One Picture is Worth Ten Thousand Words,” where it is labeled a Chinese proverb (\u4e00\u756b\u52dd\u5343\u8a00).[citation needed<\/a><\/em>]<\/sup> The Home Book of Proverbs, Maxims, and Familiar Phrases<\/em> quotes Barnard as saying he called it “a Chinese proverb, so that people would take it seriously.” Soon after, the proverb would become popularly attributed to Confucius<\/a>.<\/p>\n Despite this modern origin of the popular phrase, the sentiment has been expressed by earlier writers. For example the Russian writer Ivan Turgenev<\/a> wrote (in Fathers and Sons<\/em> in 1862), “A picture shows me at a glance what it takes dozens of pages of a book to expound.”<\/p>\n The quote is sometimes attributed to Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte<\/a>, who said “Un bon croquis vaut mieux qu’un long discours,” or “A good sketch is better than a long speech”. While this is sometimes translated today as “A picture is worth a thousand words,” this translation may not predate the phrase’s common use in English.<\/p>\n Computer programmer and author Fred Brooks<\/a> makes a similar statement regarding programming in The Mythical Man-Month<\/a><\/em>: “Show me your flowcharts<\/a> and conceal your tables<\/a>, and I shall continue to be mystified. Show me your tables, and I won\u2019t usually need your flowcharts; they\u2019ll be obvious.” The phrase has also been spoofed by John McCarthy<\/a>, the famous computer scientist<\/a>, to make the opposite point: “As the Chinese say, 1001 words is worth more than a picture.”[<\/span>2]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n We think so..\u00a0 and apparently many have believed this prior to our time!\u00a0 Here are some interesting facts we found while researching this common phrase. A picture is worth a thousand words From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A picture is worth a thousand words The adage “A picture is worth a thousand words” refers to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2215,14,859,864,2032,1592,1586,1598,1589,1585,2320,2381,2031,1590,2033,2217,1485,1591,1583,863,1483,1597,1588,1814,2030,56,1484,1584,213,860,212,32,1593,1587,454,1596,1569,1019,123,60,2034,1486],"class_list":["post-908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-bouche-productions","tag-bridal-shows","tag-chestnut-club-philadelphia","tag-hyatt-regency-penns-landing","tag-new-jersey-weddings","tag-nj-party-rentals","tag-nj-photo-booth-rental","tag-nj-private-parties","tag-nj-unique-wedding-ideas","tag-nj-weddings","tag-nyc-weddings","tag-one-atlantic","tag-pa-weddings","tag-party-rentals","tag-pennsylvania-weddings","tag-philadelphia-bridal-shows","tag-philadelphia-part-time-job","tag-philadelphia-party-rentals","tag-philadelphia-photo-booth","tag-philadelphia-photo-booth-rental","tag-philadelphia-photo-booth-rentals","tag-philadelphia-private-parties","tag-philadelphia-unique-wedding-ideas","tag-philadelphia-wedding-coordinators","tag-philadelphia-wedding-site","tag-philadelphia-wedding-sites","tag-philadelphia-wedding-vendor","tag-philadelphia-weddings","tag-photo-booth-rental","tag-photobooth-philadelphia","tag-photobooth-rentals","tag-shutterbooth","tag-shutterbooth-philadelphia","tag-south-jersey-wedding-ideas","tag-unique-party-favors","tag-unique-party-ideas","tag-unique-wedding-favors","tag-unique-wedding-ideas","tag-wedding-favors","tag-wedding-photo-booth","tag-wedding-receptions-philadelphia","tag-wedding-vendor-philadelphia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"