Frank Auerbach

To put down an ideogram of a table so that people will recognize it as a table is not the work of a painter, but to sense it for a moment as a magic carpet with a leg hanging down at each corner is the beginning of a painter's imagination.

German Artist

Ideograms hold cultural importance in languages like Chinese, as they carry historical and aesthetic value.

Cultural Significance

In languages using ideograms, a single symbol can tell a complete story or concept.

Picture Equals Word

Ideograms are not related to pronunciation, unlike alphabetic characters, focusing on meaning.

Not Phonetic

Ideograms in linguistics show the evolution of language and invention of new words.

Language Innovation

Linguistic ideograms exhibit creativity and often emerge in informal speech and writing.

Creative Wordplay

Using ideograms can make new vocabulary easier to remember because they fuse familiar words.