Full Idea
Being that can be understood is language.
Gist of Idea
Only language is understandable Being
Source
Hans-Georg Gadamer (Truth and Method [1960], p.450), quoted by Hans-Johann Glock - What is Analytic Philosophy? 5.2
Book Reference
Glock,Han-Johann: 'What is Analytic Philosophy?' [CUP 2008], p.132
A Reaction
[also 1967 p.19] Glock quotes this to show that continental philosophers are just as linguistic in their approach as the analytic school. I think the main aim of representational painting is to grasp non-linguistic Being.