
“One picture is worth a thousand words”
Source: Skinny-Dipping
“One picture is worth a thousand words”
“A picture may be worth a thousand words, a formula is worth a thousand pictures.”
Dijkstra (EWD1239: A first exploration of effective reasoning)
1990s
“One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.”
“Just like a picture is worth 1000 words, a camera phone is worth 1000 cell phones!”
Speech at the firt Future Imaging conference in Monterrey, California.
“Where, where was Roderick then!
One blast upon his bugle-horn
Were worth a thousand men.”
Canto VI, stanza 18.
The Lady of the Lake http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3011 (1810)
Speech on Military Preparedness, Pittsburgh (29 January 1916)
1910s
“Better say nothing at all. Language is worth a thousand pounds a word!”
Source: Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There