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If I could have said it in words, I would have — then I wouldn’t have needed to make the picture.

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The picture communicates something the speaker feels words cannot fully express. If language had been enough, creating the picture would have served no purpose. The quote therefore presents the image as an alternative form of communication, not merely an illustration of an idea already stated.

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