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a painting can tell a 1000 words or something?
and who was it said by?
thankyou
2007-11-08 21:07:40 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Okay, let's say you have a picture of a lady and her child. What are they doing? Walking? Sitting? Eating? Where are they? In the mall? At the park? On the bus? What is the mom's expression? Is she happy? Sad? Frustrated? What about the child? Is it a boy or a girl? What are they doing? What are they wearing? What's the weather? What are they carrying? Are there any other people around? What are they doing? What do they have to do with the lady and her child, if anything?
The questions could go on and on. How many words would it take to accurately describe all of this stuff? And all that could be expressed in one picture. Got it?
Oh yeah. It is believed that the modern use of the phrase stems from an article by Fred R. Barnard in the advertising trade journal Printers' Ink, promoting the use of images in advertisements that appeared on the sides of streetcars. The December 8, 1921 issue carries an ad entitled, "One Look is Worth A Thousand Words."
Another ad by Barnard appears in the March 10, 1927 issue with the phrase "One Picture is Worth Ten Thousand Words," where it is labelled a Chinese proverb. The Home Book of Proverbs, Maxims, and Familiar Phrases 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, which is what most people do when they don't know who really said it.
Hope that helps.
2007-11-08 23:37:01 · answer #1 · answered by professormudo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think you're talking about the quote "A picture is worth a thousand words." I don't know who first said this, but I remember it being said as a line in the movie Princess Diaries. The queen there said that.. :D hope that helps ^_^
2007-11-09 07:43:45 · answer #2 · answered by Seraphina Jeweline P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is this the face that launched a thousand ships?
Helen, make me mortal with a kiss.
Helen of Troy who was Greek.
But that's not the question, so I'm just fluffing.
2007-11-09 15:49:03 · answer #3 · answered by Lorenzo Steed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its "A pictures worth a thousand words."
Dunno who said it.
2007-11-09 05:16:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋