a picture is worth a thousand words

Etymology
Popularized following a 1911 speech given by where he encouraged advertisers "Use a picture. It's worth a thousand words." By 1915, the phrase in its modern form is attested. A number of other phrases expressing the same idea are are attested throughout the 1800s.

Proverb

 * 1) A visualisation is a better description than a verbal description.

Translations

 * Arabic: صُورَة تُسَاوِي أَلْف كَلِمَة
 * Catalan: una imatge val més que mil paraules
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 一幅畫能畫出千言萬語
 * Danish: et billede siger mere end tusind ord
 * Dutch: een afbeelding zegt meer dan duizend woorden
 * Finnish: yksi kuva kertoo enemmän kuin tuhat sanaa
 * French:
 * Galician: unha imaxe val máis que mil palabras
 * Georgian: ასჯერ გაგონილს ერთხელ ნანახი ჯობიაო
 * German:
 * Italian: un'immagine vale più di mille parole
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: една слика вреди илјада збора
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: et bilde sier mer enn tusen ord
 * Nynorsk: eit bilde seier meir enn tusen ord
 * Polish: jeden obraz jest wart więcej niż tysiąc słów
 * Portuguese: uma imagem vale mais que mil palavras
 * Romanian: o pictură spune mai mult decât o mie de vorbe
 * Russian:
 * Slovene: slika pove več kot tisoč besed
 * Spanish: una imagen vale más que mil palabras
 * Swedish: en bild säger mer än tusen ord
 * Turkish: bir resim bin kelimeye bedeldir
 * Vietnamese: trăm nghe không bằng mắt thấy
 * Zazaki: yo resım hendê hezar çekuyo