I think it was Hemingway who said approximately the following:

What is the secret of writing? It is similar to Byzantine masonry where all the stones are chosen so carefully that they don't require mortar to be held together.

Now, I don't give much trust to my memory, not on account of who said these words or how exactly they said it. Still, I think I think this statement delivers the gist of the idea as, I am sure, the masonry wall below

Luckily, these times have passed. People don't have much time to read and more prone to look at pictures relying on the saying "A picture worth a thousand words."

That's all I have to say about a stone wall.