A Quote by – Emperor Napoleon I

Topic of this Quote:

Author Name:

Emperor Napoleon I

Born As:

Napoleone di Buonaparte

Other Names:

Emperor Napoleon I

Born:

15 Aug 1769

Died:

5 May 1821
                          
Un bon croquis vaut mieux qu'un long discours.                          
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."

The sentiment has been expressed by earlier writers. The Russian writer Ivan Turgenev wrote - Fathers and Sons in 1862, "A picture shows me at a glance what it takes dozens of pages of a book to expound."

The adage "A picture is worth a thousand words"  has been changed and often attributed to Napoleon.