The Arabic script contains a full range of letters of manipulable size and shape ... textiles and architecture. Islamic calligraphy and illustrated manuscripts have been highly prized for millennia.

Calligraphy, literally "beautiful writing," has been appreciated as an art form in many different cultures throughout the world, but the stature of calligraphy in Chinese culture is unmatched. In ...

Calligraphy is one of the most stark and straightforward ... more profound than all philosophy are the letters of the alphabet, twenty-six pillars of strength upon which our culture rests." ...