Knowing how to spell, I realized, if not a sign of intelligence, is nevertheless a first step into the wonderful complexities of language. (edutopia.org)
Reading the snippets of text in all directions creates infinite combinations and meanings with every glance, suggesting an inherent complexity of language and understanding, both literally and in the abstract. (hyperallergic.com)
Not only does he overlook the rich and compelling complexity of the language and literary imagery of post-Reformation Protestant poets and mystics, but he also ignores the widespread practice among partisans of the visual such as Goethe, Conrad Fiedler, Albert Aurier and Wassily Kandinsky of characterizing painting as a «visual language.» (religion-online.org)